diff -r e041ffba849c java.source/apichanges.xml
--- a/java.source/apichanges.xml	Thu Aug 06 14:54:40 2009 +0200
+++ b/java.source/apichanges.xml	Thu Aug 06 15:50:50 2009 +0200
@@ -105,6 +105,19 @@
     <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
 
     <changes>
+        <change id="CompilationInfo.getSourceVersion">
+             <api name="general"/>
+             <summary>Added CompilationInfo.getSourceVersion() method.</summary>
+             <version major="0" minor="46"/>
+             <date day="6" month="8" year="2009"/>
+             <author login="dbalek"/>
+             <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" deletion="no" deprecation="no" modification="no" semantic="compatible" source="compatible"/>
+             <description>
+                 Added <code>CompilationInfo.getSourceVersion()</code> to return the SourceVersion used by the javac compiler.
+             </description>
+             <class package="org.netbeans.api.java.source" name="CompilationInfo"/>
+             <issue number="169970"/>
+        </change>
         <change id="TreeMaker.Method">
              <api name="general"/>
              <summary>Added new Method allowing creating varargs methods.</summary>
@@ -113,7 +126,7 @@
              <author login="moonko"/>
              <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" deletion="no" deprecation="no" modification="no" semantic="compatible" source="compatible"/>
              <description>
-                 Addint <code>TreeMake.Method(..., boolean isVarArg)</code> to allow creation of methods with variable lenght of arguments. 
+                 Adding <code>TreeMake.Method(..., boolean isVarArg)</code> to allow creation of methods with variable lenght of arguments.
              </description>
             <class package="org.netbeans.api.java.source" name="TreeMaker"/>
         </change>
@@ -125,7 +138,7 @@
              <author login="moonko"/>
              <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" deletion="no" deprecation="no" modification="no" semantic="compatible" source="compatible"/>
              <description>
-                 Addint <code>Comment.create(Comment.Style, String)</code> to create new comment of any style from string. 
+                 Adding <code>Comment.create(Comment.Style, String)</code> to create new comment of any style from string.
              </description>
              <class package="org.netbeans.api.java.source" name="Comment"/>
         </change>
diff -r e041ffba849c java.source/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/java.source/nbproject/project.properties	Thu Aug 06 14:54:40 2009 +0200
+++ b/java.source/nbproject/project.properties	Thu Aug 06 15:50:50 2009 +0200
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 javadoc.title=Java Source
 javadoc.arch=${basedir}/arch.xml
 javadoc.apichanges=${basedir}/apichanges.xml
-spec.version.base=0.45.0
+spec.version.base=0.46.0
 test.qa-functional.cp.extra=${refactoring.java.dir}/modules/ext/javac-api-nb-7.0-b07.jar
 test.unit.run.cp.extra=${o.n.core.dir}/core/core.jar:\
     ${o.n.core.dir}/lib/boot.jar:\
diff -r e041ffba849c java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/CompilationInfo.java
--- a/java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/CompilationInfo.java	Thu Aug 06 14:54:40 2009 +0200
+++ b/java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/CompilationInfo.java	Thu Aug 06 15:50:50 2009 +0200
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@
 import com.sun.source.tree.Tree;
 import com.sun.source.util.TreePath;
 import com.sun.source.util.Trees;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Source;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.model.JavacElements;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
 import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
 import javax.lang.model.util.Elements;
@@ -384,7 +386,16 @@
         return typeUtilities;
     }
     
-    
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@link SourceVersion} used by the javac represented by this {@link CompilationInfo}.
+     * @return SourceVersion
+     * @since 0.46
+     */
+    public @NonNull SourceVersion getSourceVersion() {
+        checkConfinement();
+        return Source.toSourceVersion(Source.instance(impl.getJavacTask().getContext()));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Marks this {@link CompilationInfo} as invalid, may be used to
      * verify confinement.