--- a/truffle/com.oracle.truffle.api.vm/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/vm/TruffleVM.java	Fri Sep 04 16:41:38 2015 +0200
+++ b/truffle/com.oracle.truffle.api.vm/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/vm/TruffleVM.java	Mon Sep 07 17:07:20 2015 +0200
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.*;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.impl.*;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.instrument.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.TruffleObject;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.java.JavaInterop;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.source.*;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.*;
@@ -601,6 +603,26 @@
         }
 
         /**
+         * Obtains Java view of the object represented by this symbol. The method basically
+         * delegates to
+         * {@link JavaInterop#asJavaObject(java.lang.Class, com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.TruffleObject)}
+         * just handles primitive types as well.
+         * 
+         * @param <T> the type of the view one wants to obtain
+         * @param representation the class of the view interface (it has to be an interface)
+         * @return instance of the view wrapping the object of this symbol
+         * @throws IOException in case it is not possible to obtain the value of the object
+         * @throws ClassCastException if the value cannot be converted to desired view
+         */
+        public <T> T as(Class<T> representation) throws IOException {
+            Object obj = get();
+            if (representation.isInstance(obj)) {
+                return representation.cast(obj);
+            }
+            return JavaInterop.asJavaObject(representation, (TruffleObject) obj);
+        }
+
+        /**
          * Invokes the symbol. If the symbol represents a function, then it should be invoked with
          * provided arguments. If the symbol represents a field, then first argument (if provided)
          * should set the value to the field; the return value should be the actual value of the