4 files changed, 51 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/javassist/CtClass.java b/src/main/javassist/CtClass.java
index fc828847..0fca3ff7 100644
--- a/src/main/javassist/CtClass.java
+++ b/src/main/javassist/CtClass.java
@@ -463,6 +463,11 @@ public abstract class CtClass {
      * and the methods so that the type variable <code>T</code> can be
      * accessible through reflection.
      *
+     * <p><code>MethodSignature</code> is a utility class.  You can directly
+     * pass the signature string to the <code>setGenericSignature</code> method.
+     * For the specification of the signatures, see Section 4.7.9.1 <i>Signatures</i>
+     * of The Java Virtual Machine Specification (Java SE 8).
+     *
      * @param sig       a generic signature.
      * @see javassist.bytecode.SignatureAttribute.ClassSignature#encode()
      * @see javassist.bytecode.SignatureAttribute.MethodSignature#encode()
diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial.html b/tutorial/tutorial.html
index 3a125f08..b8110390 100644
--- a/tutorial/tutorial.html
+++ b/tutorial/tutorial.html
@@ -1100,6 +1100,6 @@ For more information, see the API documentation of
 
 <hr>
 Java(TM) is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.<br>
-Copyright (C) 2000-2014 by Shigeru Chiba, All rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2000-2015 by Shigeru Chiba, All rights reserved.
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial2.html b/tutorial/tutorial2.html
index f2571c8b..04afbd9c 100644
--- a/tutorial/tutorial2.html
+++ b/tutorial/tutorial2.html
@@ -1628,6 +1628,6 @@ write:
 
 <hr>
 Java(TM) is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.<br>
-Copyright (C) 2000-2014 by Shigeru Chiba, All rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2000-2015 by Shigeru Chiba, All rights reserved.
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial3.html b/tutorial/tutorial3.html
index e6964553..cb2a6b3e 100644
--- a/tutorial/tutorial3.html
+++ b/tutorial/tutorial3.html
@@ -78,6 +78,28 @@ class file.  <code>write()</code> in <code>ClassFile</code>
 writes the contents of the class file to a given
 <code>DataOutputStream</code>.
 
+<p>You can create a new class file from scratch.  For example,
+<blockquote><pre>
+ClassFile cf = new ClassFile(false, "test.Foo", null);
+cf.setInterfaces(new String[] { "java.lang.Cloneable" });
+ 
+FieldInfo f = new FieldInfo(cf.getConstPool(), "width", "I");
+f.setAccessFlags(AccessFlag.PUBLIC);
+cf.addField(f);
+
+cf.write(new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("Foo.class")));
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+<p>this code generates a class file <code>Foo.class</code> that contains
+the implementation of the following class:
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+package test;
+class Foo implements Cloneable {
+    public int width;
+}
+</pre></blockquote>
+
 <p><br>
 
 <a name="member">
@@ -219,6 +241,27 @@ constructed from the <code>Bytecode</code> object.
 To recompute the maximum stack depth of a method body,
 call <code>computeMaxStack()</code> in <code>CodeAttribute</code>.
 
+<p><code>Bytecode</code> can be used to construct a method.
+For example,
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+ClassFile cf = ...
+Bytecode code = new Bytecode(cf.getConstPool());
+code.addAload(0);
+code.addInvokespecial("java/lang/Object", MethodInfo.nameInit, "()V");
+code.addReturn(null);
+code.setMaxLocals(1);
+
+MethodInfo minfo = new MethodInfo(cf.getConstPool(), MethodInfo.nameInit, "()V");
+minfo.setCodeAttribute(code.toCodeAttribute());
+cf.addMethod(minfo);
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+<p>this code makes the default constructor and adds it to the class specified
+by <code>cf</code>.  The <code>Bytecode</code> object is first converted into
+a <code>CodeAttribute</code> object and then added to the method specified
+by <code>minfo</code>.  The method is finally added to a class file <code>cf</code>. 
+
 <p><br>
 
 <a name="annotation">
@@ -427,6 +470,6 @@ CtClass.debugDump = "./dump";
 
 <hr>
 Java(TM) is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.<br>
-Copyright (C) 2000-2014 by Shigeru Chiba, All rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2000-2015 by Shigeru Chiba, All rights reserved.
 </body>
 </html>