--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.api.meta/src/com/oracle/graal/api/meta/Signature.java	Thu Jul 10 22:51:38 2014 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.api.meta/src/com/oracle/graal/api/meta/Signature.java	Thu Jul 10 23:02:34 2014 +0200
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Represents a method signature provided by the runtime.
- * 
+ *
  * @see <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.3.3">Method
  *      Descriptors</a>
  */
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     /**
      * Returns the number of parameters in this signature, adding 1 for a receiver if requested.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param receiver true if 1 is to be added to the result for a receiver
      * @return the number of parameters; + 1 iff {@code receiver == true}
      */
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
      * Gets the parameter type at the specified position. This method returns a
      * {@linkplain ResolvedJavaType resolved} type if possible but without triggering any class
      * loading or resolution.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param index the index into the parameters, with {@code 0} indicating the first parameter
      * @param accessingClass the context of the type lookup. If accessing class is provided, its
      *            class loader is used to retrieve an existing resolved type. This value can be
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     /**
      * Gets the parameter kind at the specified position. This is the same as calling
      * {@link #getParameterType}. {@link JavaType#getKind getKind}.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param index the index into the parameters, with {@code 0} indicating the first parameter
      * @return the kind of the parameter at the specified position
      */
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
      * Gets the return type of this signature. This method will return a
      * {@linkplain ResolvedJavaType resolved} type if possible but without triggering any class
      * loading or resolution.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param accessingClass the context of the type lookup. If accessing class is provided, its
      *            class loader is used to retrieve an existing resolved type. This value can be
      *            {@code null} if the caller does not care for a resolved type.
@@ -80,10 +80,31 @@
 
     /**
      * Gets the size, in Java slots, of the parameters to this signature.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param withReceiver {@code true} if to add a slot for a receiver object; {@code false} not to
      *            include the receiver
      * @return the size of the parameters in slots
      */
     int getParameterSlots(boolean withReceiver);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the <a
+     * href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.3.3">method
+     * descriptor</a> corresponding to this signature. For example:
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * (ILjava/lang/String;D)V
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * @return the signature as a string
+     */
+    default String toMethodDescriptor() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("(");
+        for (int i = 0; i < getParameterCount(false); ++i) {
+            sb.append(getParameterType(i, null).getName());
+        }
+        sb.append(')').append(getReturnType(null).getName());
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
 }