diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
index 0c101ccacb8596bad591d09fd5fda9a4beaa540f..bdd158a3eb8b167b2b068afc8ac68fe44b7c3377 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.java
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ public final
     // remembering the last Class for which the check succeeded.
     private volatile Class securityCheckCache;
 
-    // Modifiers that can be applied to a constructor in source code
-    private static final int LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS =
-        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE;
-
     // Generics infrastructure
     // Accessor for factory
     private GenericsFactory getFactory() {
@@ -359,7 +355,7 @@ public final
     public String toString() {
         try {
             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-            int mod = getModifiers() & LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS;
+            int mod = getModifiers() & Modifier.constructorModifiers();
             if (mod != 0) {
                 sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
             }
@@ -423,7 +419,7 @@ public final
     public String toGenericString() {
         try {
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            int mod = getModifiers() & LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS;
+            int mod = getModifiers() & Modifier.constructorModifiers();
             if (mod != 0) {
                 sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
             }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
index c638869cd38e81b8eeafde35d60d1cfa955e9349..1c660f2dca8bc695fc29eb211faff2f8d5b51388 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ public final
     private Class securityCheckCache;
     private Class securityCheckTargetClassCache;
 
-    // Modifiers that can be applied to a method in source code
-    private static final int LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS =
-        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE |
-        Modifier.ABSTRACT       | Modifier.STATIC       | Modifier.FINAL   |
-        Modifier.SYNCHRONIZED   | Modifier.NATIVE;
-
    // Generics infrastructure
 
     private String getGenericSignature() {return signature;}
@@ -408,12 +402,12 @@ public final
      * {@code public}, {@code protected} or {@code private} first,
      * and then other modifiers in the following order:
      * {@code abstract}, {@code static}, {@code final},
-     * {@code synchronized}, {@code native}.
+     * {@code synchronized}, {@code native}, {@code strictfp}.
      */
     public String toString() {
         try {
             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-            int mod = getModifiers() & LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS;
+            int mod = getModifiers() & Modifier.methodModifiers();
             if (mod != 0) {
                 sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
             }
@@ -473,7 +467,7 @@ public final
      * {@code public}, {@code protected} or {@code private} first,
      * and then other modifiers in the following order:
      * {@code abstract}, {@code static}, {@code final},
-     * {@code synchronized} {@code native}.
+     * {@code synchronized}, {@code native}, {@code strictfp}.
      *
      * @return a string describing this {@code Method},
      * include type parameters
@@ -483,7 +477,7 @@ public final
     public String toGenericString() {
         try {
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            int mod = getModifiers() & LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS;
+            int mod = getModifiers() & Modifier.methodModifiers();
             if (mod != 0) {
                 sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
             }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java
index 2882f04722f4a1d2f1beec798997457c0eeac709..f32822c2f09e8f7eeeb28a734ab99b92b2180334 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Modifier.java
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ class Modifier {
      * possible validity of the combination of modifiers represented
      * by the input.
      *
+     * Note that to perform such checking for a known kind of entity,
+     * such as a constructor or method, first AND the argument of
+     * {@code toString} with the appropriate mask from a method like
+     * {@link #constructorModifiers} or {@link #methodModifiers}.
+     *
      * @param   mod a set of modifiers
      * @return  a string representation of the set of modifiers
      * represented by {@code mod}
@@ -353,4 +358,108 @@ class Modifier {
     static boolean isSynthetic(int mod) {
       return (mod & SYNTHETIC) != 0;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * See JLSv3 section 8.1.1.
+     */
+    private static final int CLASS_MODIFIERS =
+        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE |
+        Modifier.ABSTRACT       | Modifier.STATIC       | Modifier.FINAL   |
+        Modifier.STRICT;
+
+    /**
+     * See JLSv3 section 9.1.1.
+     */
+    private static final int INTERFACE_MODIFIERS =
+        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE |
+        Modifier.ABSTRACT       | Modifier.STATIC       | Modifier.STRICT;
+
+
+    /**
+     * See JLSv3 section 8.8.3.
+     */
+    private static final int CONSTRUCTOR_MODIFIERS =
+        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE;
+
+    /**
+     * See JLSv3 section 8.4.3.
+     */
+    private static final int METHOD_MODIFIERS =
+        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE |
+        Modifier.ABSTRACT       | Modifier.STATIC       | Modifier.FINAL   |
+        Modifier.SYNCHRONIZED   | Modifier.NATIVE       | Modifier.STRICT;
+
+    /**
+     * See JLSv3 section 8.3.1.
+     */
+    private static final int FIELD_MODIFIERS =
+        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE |
+        Modifier.STATIC         | Modifier.FINAL        | Modifier.TRANSIENT |
+        Modifier.VOLATILE;
+
+    /**
+     * Return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to a class.
+     * @return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to a class.
+     *
+     * @jls3 8.1.1 Class Modifiers
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    public static int classModifiers() {
+        return CLASS_MODIFIERS;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to an interface.
+     * @return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to an inteface.
+     *
+     * @jls3 9.1.1 Interface Modifiers
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    public static int interfaceModifiers() {
+        return INTERFACE_MODIFIERS;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to a constructor.
+     * @return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to a constructor.
+     *
+     * @jls3 8.8.3 Constructor Modifiers
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    public static int constructorModifiers() {
+        return CONSTRUCTOR_MODIFIERS;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to a method.
+     * @return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to a method.
+     *
+     * @jls3 8.4.3 Method Modifiers
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    public static int methodModifiers() {
+        return METHOD_MODIFIERS;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to a field.
+     * @return an {@code int} value OR-ing together the source language
+     * modifiers that can be applied to a field.
+     *
+     * @jls3 8.3.1 Field Modifiers
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    public static int fieldModifiers() {
+        return FIELD_MODIFIERS;
+    }
 }