Index: java/lang/Class.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/java/lang/Class.java,v
retrieving revision 1.22.2.13
diff -u -3 -p -u -r1.22.2.13 Class.java
--- java/lang/Class.java	28 Apr 2005 23:00:13 -0000	1.22.2.13
+++ java/lang/Class.java	5 May 2005 22:23:31 -0000
@@ -1417,4 +1417,21 @@ public final class Class<T> 
     return VMClass.isAnnotation(this);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the simple name for this class, as used in the source
+   * code.  For normal classes, this is the content returned by
+   * <code>getName()</code> which follows the last ".".  Anonymous
+   * classes have no name, and so the result of calling this method is
+   * "".  The simple name of an array consists of the simple name of
+   * its component type, followed by "[]".  Thus, an array with the 
+   * component type of an anonymous class has a simple name of simply
+   * "[]".
+   *
+   * @return the simple name for this class.
+   */
+  public String getSimpleName()
+  {
+    return VMClass.getSimpleName(this);
+  }
+
 }
Index: vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java,v
retrieving revision 1.10.2.4
diff -u -3 -p -u -r1.10.2.4 VMClass.java
--- vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java	28 Apr 2005 23:00:15 -0000	1.10.2.4
+++ vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java	5 May 2005 22:23:31 -0000
@@ -329,4 +329,26 @@ final class VMClass 
    */
   static native boolean isEnum(Class klass);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the simple name for this class, as used in the source
+   * code.  For normal classes, this is the content returned by
+   * <code>getName()</code> which follows the last ".".  Anonymous
+   * classes have no name, and so the result of calling this method is
+   * "".  The simple name of an array consists of the simple name of
+   * its component type, followed by "[]".  Thus, an array with the 
+   * component type of an anonymous class has a simple name of simply
+   * "[]".
+   *
+   * @return the simple name for this class.
+   */
+  static String getSimpleName(Class klass)
+  {
+    if (klass.isArray())
+      {
+	return klass.getComponentType().getSimpleName() + "[]";
+      }
+    String fullName = klass.getName();
+    return fullName.substring(fullName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
+  }
+
 } // class VMClass