--- a/jvmci/jdk.internal.jvmci.hotspot/src/jdk/internal/jvmci/hotspot/HotSpotConstantReflectionProvider.java	Wed Sep 30 16:55:12 2015 -0700
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.internal.jvmci.hotspot/src/jdk/internal/jvmci/hotspot/HotSpotConstantReflectionProvider.java	Thu Oct 01 16:31:04 2015 +0200
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@
         return HotSpotObjectConstantImpl.forObject(value);
     }
 
+    public JavaConstant forObject(Object value) {
+        return HotSpotObjectConstantImpl.forObject(value);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ResolvedJavaType asJavaType(Constant constant) {
         if (constant instanceof HotSpotObjectConstant) {

--- a/jvmci/jdk.internal.jvmci.hotspot/src/jdk/internal/jvmci/hotspot/HotSpotObjectConstantImpl.java	Wed Sep 30 16:55:12 2015 -0700
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.internal.jvmci.hotspot/src/jdk/internal/jvmci/hotspot/HotSpotObjectConstantImpl.java	Thu Oct 01 16:31:04 2015 +0200
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
  * Represents a constant non-{@code null} object reference, within the compiler and across the
  * compiler/runtime interface.
  */
-public final class HotSpotObjectConstantImpl implements HotSpotObjectConstant, HotSpotProxified {
+final class HotSpotObjectConstantImpl implements HotSpotObjectConstant, HotSpotProxified {
 
-    public static JavaConstant forObject(Object object) {
+    static JavaConstant forObject(Object object) {
         return forObject(object, false);
     }
 
@@ -112,21 +112,6 @@
         return object;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Determines if the object represented by this constant is {@link Object#equals(Object) equal}
-     * to a given object.
-     */
-    public boolean isEqualTo(Object obj) {
-        return object.equals(obj);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the class of the object represented by this constant.
-     */
-    public Class<?> getObjectClass() {
-        return object.getClass();
-    }
-
     public boolean isCompressed() {
         return compressed;
     }

--- a/jvmci/jdk.internal.jvmci.meta/src/jdk/internal/jvmci/meta/ConstantReflectionProvider.java	Wed Sep 30 16:55:12 2015 -0700
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.internal.jvmci.meta/src/jdk/internal/jvmci/meta/ConstantReflectionProvider.java	Thu Oct 01 16:31:04 2015 +0200
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@
     JavaConstant forString(String value);
 
     /**
+     * Boxes a raw object as a {@link JavaConstant}. May return {@code null} if the object can not
+     * be transferred from the compiler VM to the runtime VM.
+     */
+    JavaConstant forObject(Object value);
+
+    /**
      * Returns the {@link ResolvedJavaType} for a {@link Class} object (or any other object regarded
      * as a class by the VM) encapsulated in the given constant. Returns {@code null} if the
      * constant does not encapsulate a class, or if the type is not available at this point.