--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/LocalVariableTable.java	Thu Jun 30 22:07:57 2016 +0200
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/LocalVariableTable.java	Thu Jun 30 22:08:57 2016 +0200
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
+ * Describes the {@link Local}s for a Java method.
+ *
  * @see "https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.7.13"
  */
 public class LocalVariableTable {
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
     private final Local[] locals;
 
     /**
+     * Creates an object describing the {@link Local}s for a Java method.
      *
      * @param locals array of objects describing local variables. This array is now owned by this
      *            object and must not be mutated by the caller.
@@ -42,6 +45,13 @@
         this.locals = locals;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a description of a local variable that occupies the bytecode frame slot indexed by
+     * {@code slot} and is live at the bytecode index {@code bci}
+     *
+     * @return a description of the requested local variable or null if no such variable matches
+     *         {@code slot} and {@code bci}
+     */
     public Local getLocal(int slot, int bci) {
         Local result = null;
         for (Local local : locals) {
@@ -56,6 +66,16 @@
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a copy of the array of {@link Local}s that was passed to this object's constructor.
+     */
+    public Local[] getLocalsCopy() {
+        return locals.clone();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a description of all the local variables live at the bytecode index {@code bci}
+     */
     public Local[] getLocalsAt(int bci) {
         List<Local> result = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Local l : locals) {