Index: subversion/bindings/javahl/native/SVNBase.cpp
===================================================================
--- subversion/bindings/javahl/native/SVNBase.cpp	(revision 1347593)
+++ subversion/bindings/javahl/native/SVNBase.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -97,3 +97,29 @@
         }
     }
 }
+
+jobject SVNBase::createCppBoundObject(const char *clazzName)
+{
+  JNIEnv *env = JNIUtil::getEnv();
+
+  // Create java session object
+  jclass clazz = env->FindClass(clazzName);
+  if (JNIUtil::isJavaExceptionThrown())
+      return NULL;
+
+  static jmethodID ctor = 0;
+  if (ctor == 0)
+  {
+      ctor = env->GetMethodID(clazz, "<init>", "(J)V");
+      if (JNIUtil::isJavaExceptionThrown())
+          return NULL;
+  }
+
+  jlong cppAddr = this->getCppAddr();
+
+  jobject jself = env->NewObject(clazz, ctor, cppAddr);
+  if (JNIUtil::isJavaExceptionThrown())
+      return NULL;
+
+  return jself;
+}
Index: subversion/bindings/javahl/native/SVNBase.h
===================================================================
--- subversion/bindings/javahl/native/SVNBase.h	(revision 1347593)
+++ subversion/bindings/javahl/native/SVNBase.h	(working copy)
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
    */
   void dispose(jobject jthis, jfieldID *fid, const char *className);
 
+  /**
+   * Instantiates java object attached to this base object
+   */
+  jobject createCppBoundObject(const char *clazzName);
+
  private:
   /**
    * If the value pointed to by @a fid is zero, find the @c jfieldID
Index: subversion/bindings/javahl/src/org/apache/subversion/javahl/JNIObject.java
===================================================================
--- subversion/bindings/javahl/src/org/apache/subversion/javahl/JNIObject.java	(revision 0)
+++ subversion/bindings/javahl/src/org/apache/subversion/javahl/JNIObject.java	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * @copyright
+ * ====================================================================
+ *    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *    distributed with this work for additional information
+ *    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ *    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ *    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ *    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *    under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ * @endcopyright
+ */
+
+package org.apache.subversion.javahl;
+
+/**
+ *  This class is used internally by the JavaHL implementation and not
+ *  considered part part of the public API. 
+ */
+public abstract class JNIObject
+{
+    /**
+     * slot for the address of the native peer. 
+     * The JNI code controls this field. If it is set to 0 then 
+     * underlying JNI object has been freed
+     */
+    protected long cppAddr;
+    
+    protected JNIObject(long cppAddr)
+    {
+        this.cppAddr = cppAddr;
+    }
+}