1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/jvm/AsmUtils.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/jvm/AsmUtils.scala
index 856f85d9e3..2af2037fec 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/jvm/AsmUtils.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/jvm/AsmUtils.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package scala.tools.nsc.backend.jvm
 import scala.tools.asm.tree.{ClassNode, MethodNode}
 import java.io.PrintWriter
 import scala.tools.asm.util.{TraceClassVisitor, TraceMethodVisitor, Textifier}
+import scala.tools.asm.ClassReader
 
 object AsmUtils {
 
@@ -50,4 +51,11 @@ object AsmUtils {
     w.flush()
   }
 
+  def traceClass(bytes: Array[Byte]): Unit = traceClass(readClass(bytes))
+
+  def readClass(bytes: Array[Byte]): ClassNode = {
+    val node = new ClassNode()
+    new ClassReader(bytes).accept(node, 0)
+    node
+  }
 }