diff --git a/jode/jode/bytecode/ConstantPool.java b/jode/jode/bytecode/ConstantPool.java
index 43d1e43..af4ced9 100644
--- a/jode/jode/bytecode/ConstantPool.java
+++ b/jode/jode/bytecode/ConstantPool.java
@@ -144,6 +144,21 @@ public class ConstantPool {
         }
     }
 
+    public Object getConstant(int i) throws ClassFormatException {
+        if (i == 0)
+            throw new ClassFormatException("null constant");
+        switch (tags[i]) {
+        case ConstantPool.INTEGER: 
+        case ConstantPool.FLOAT:
+        case ConstantPool.LONG:
+        case ConstantPool.DOUBLE:
+            return constants[i];
+        case ConstantPool.STRING: 
+            return getUTF8(indices1[i]);
+        }
+        throw new ClassFormatException("unknown constant tag: "+tags[i]);
+    }
+
     public int getConstantInt(int i) throws ClassFormatException {
 	if (i == 0 || tags[i] != ConstantPool.INTEGER)
             throw new ClassFormatException("not an integer "+tags[i]);