--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.nodes/src/com/oracle/graal/nodes/Invoke.java	Thu Apr 17 18:12:12 2014 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.nodes/src/com/oracle/graal/nodes/Invoke.java	Thu Apr 17 11:25:27 2014 +0200
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 package com.oracle.graal.nodes;
 
+import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.graph.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.nodes.extended.*;
 import com.oracle.graal.nodes.spi.*;
@@ -52,4 +53,29 @@
     boolean isPolymorphic();
 
     void setPolymorphic(boolean value);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@linkplain ResolvedJavaMethod method} from which this invoke is executed. This
+     * is the caller method and in the case of inlining may be different from the method of the
+     * graph this node is in.
+     *
+     * @return the method from which this invoke is executed.
+     */
+    default ResolvedJavaMethod getContextMethod() {
+        FrameState state = stateAfter();
+        if (state == null) {
+            state = stateDuring();
+        }
+        return state.method();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@linkplain ResolvedJavaType type} from which this invoke is executed. This is
+     * the declaring type of the caller method.
+     *
+     * @return the type from which this invoke is executed.
+     */
+    default ResolvedJavaType getContextType() {
+        return getContextMethod().getDeclaringClass();
+    }
 }