diff --git a/tools/apicheck/src/com/android/apicheck/ClassInfo.java b/tools/apicheck/src/com/android/apicheck/ClassInfo.java
index 2555ea4..962a316 100644
--- a/tools/apicheck/src/com/android/apicheck/ClassInfo.java
+++ b/tools/apicheck/src/com/android/apicheck/ClassInfo.java
@@ -86,41 +86,35 @@
         return mIsFinal;
     }
     
-    // Find a superclass implementation of the given method.  Looking at our superclass
-    // instead of at 'this' is unusual, but it fits the point-of-call demands well.
-    public MethodInfo overriddenMethod(MethodInfo candidate) {
-        if (mSuperClass == null) {
+    // Find a superclass implementation of the given method.
+    public static MethodInfo overriddenMethod(MethodInfo candidate, ClassInfo newClassObj) {
+        if (newClassObj == null) {
             return null;
         }
-        
-        // does our immediate superclass have it?
-        ClassInfo sup = mSuperClass;
-        for (MethodInfo mi : sup.mMethods.values()) {
+        for (MethodInfo mi : newClassObj.mMethods.values()) {
             if (mi.matches(candidate)) {
                 // found it
                 return mi;
             }
         }
 
-        // no, so recurse
-        if (sup.mSuperClass != null) {
-            return mSuperClass.overriddenMethod(candidate);
-        }
-        
-        // no parent, so we just don't have it
-        return null;
+        // not found here. recursively search ancestors
+        return ClassInfo.overriddenMethod(candidate, newClassObj.mSuperClass);
     }
     
     // Find a superinterface declaration of the given method.
-    public MethodInfo interfaceMethod(MethodInfo candidate) {
-        for (ClassInfo interfaceInfo : mInterfaces) {
+    public static MethodInfo interfaceMethod(MethodInfo candidate, ClassInfo newClassObj) {
+        if (newClassObj == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        for (ClassInfo interfaceInfo : newClassObj.mInterfaces) {
             for (MethodInfo mi : interfaceInfo.mMethods.values()) {
                 if (mi.matches(candidate)) {
                     return mi;
                 }
             }
         }
-        return (mSuperClass != null) ? mSuperClass.interfaceMethod(candidate) : null;
+        return ClassInfo.interfaceMethod(candidate, newClassObj.mSuperClass);
     }
 
     public boolean isConsistent(ClassInfo cl) {
@@ -159,9 +153,9 @@
                  * Check our ancestry to see if there's an inherited version that still
                  * fulfills the API requirement.
                  */
-                MethodInfo mi = mInfo.containingClass().overriddenMethod(mInfo);
+                MethodInfo mi = ClassInfo.overriddenMethod(mInfo, cl);
                 if (mi == null) {
-                    mi = mInfo.containingClass().interfaceMethod(mInfo);
+                    mi = ClassInfo.interfaceMethod(mInfo, cl);
                 }
                 if (mi == null) {
                     Errors.error(Errors.REMOVED_METHOD, mInfo.position(),
@@ -175,7 +169,7 @@
                 /* Similarly to the above, do not fail if this "new" method is
                  * really an override of an existing superclass method.
                  */
-                MethodInfo mi = mInfo.containingClass().overriddenMethod(mInfo);
+                MethodInfo mi = ClassInfo.overriddenMethod(mInfo, cl);
                 if (mi == null) {
                     Errors.error(Errors.ADDED_METHOD, mInfo.position(),
                             "Added public method " + mInfo.qualifiedName());