diff -r cce2ec18522f java.source/apichanges.xml
--- a/java.source/apichanges.xml	Mon Apr 18 17:38:20 2011 +0200
+++ b/java.source/apichanges.xml	Mon Apr 18 21:10:45 2011 +0200
@@ -108,6 +108,19 @@
     <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
 
     <changes>
+        <change id="TreePathHandle-from-ElementHandle">
+             <api name="general"/>
+             <summary>TreePathHandle can be created from ElementHandle</summary>
+             <version major="0" minor="78"/>
+             <date day="26" month="4" year="2011"/>
+             <author login="jlahoda"/>
+             <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" deletion="no" deprecation="no" modification="no" semantic="compatible" source="compatible"/>
+             <description>
+                 <code>TreePathHandle</code> has a new <code>from(ElementHandle)</code> method.
+             </description>
+             <class package="org.netbeans.api.java.source" name="TreePathHandle"/>
+             <issue number="999999"/>
+        </change>
         <change id="run-modification-task-sourceless">
              <api name="general"/>
              <summary>JavaSource.runModificationTask can run on source-less JavaSources</summary>
diff -r cce2ec18522f java.source/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/java.source/nbproject/project.properties	Mon Apr 18 17:38:20 2011 +0200
+++ b/java.source/nbproject/project.properties	Mon Apr 18 21:10:45 2011 +0200
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 javadoc.title=Java Source
 javadoc.arch=${basedir}/arch.xml
 javadoc.apichanges=${basedir}/apichanges.xml
-spec.version.base=0.77.0
+spec.version.base=0.78.0
 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 cce2ec18522f java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/TreePathHandle.java
--- a/java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/TreePathHandle.java	Mon Apr 18 17:38:20 2011 +0200
+++ b/java.source/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/TreePathHandle.java	Mon Apr 18 21:10:45 2011 +0200
@@ -324,6 +324,20 @@
         }
         throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot create PositionRef for file " + file.getPath() + ". CloneableEditorSupport not found");
     }
+
+    /**Constructs a <code>TreePathHandle</code> that corresponds to the given <code>ElementHandle</code>.
+     *
+     * @param handle an <code>ElementHandle</code> for which the <code>TreePathHandle</code> should be constructed
+     * @param cpInfo a classpath which is supposed to contain the element described by given the <code>ElementHandle</code>
+     * @return a newly constructed <code>TreePathHandle</code>
+     * @since 0.78
+     */
+    public static @NonNull TreePathHandle from(@NonNull ElementHandle<?> handle, @NonNull ClasspathInfo cpInfo) {
+        Parameters.notNull("handle", handle);
+        Parameters.notNull("cpInfo", cpInfo);
+
+        return new TreePathHandle(new ElementDelegate(handle, null, null, cpInfo));
+    }
     
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff -r cce2ec18522f java.source/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/TreePathHandleTest.java
--- a/java.source/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/TreePathHandleTest.java	Mon Apr 18 17:38:20 2011 +0200
+++ b/java.source/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/api/java/source/TreePathHandleTest.java	Mon Apr 18 21:10:45 2011 +0200
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@
 package org.netbeans.api.java.source;
 
 import com.sun.source.tree.ClassTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.MethodTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.Tree.Kind;
 import com.sun.source.tree.VariableTree;
 import com.sun.source.util.TreePath;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.security.Permission;
+import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
 import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
 import org.netbeans.api.java.source.JavaSource.Phase;
 import org.netbeans.junit.NbTestCase;
@@ -336,6 +338,32 @@
         assertTrue(tp.getLeaf() == resolved.getLeaf());
     }
 
+    public void testFromElementHandle() throws Exception {
+        FileObject file = FileUtil.createData(sourceRoot, "test/test.java");
+        String code = "package test;\n" +
+                      "public class Test {\n" +
+                      "    public static void test() {\n" +
+                      "    }\n" +
+                      "}";
+
+        writeIntoFile(file,code);
+
+        JavaSource js = JavaSource.forFileObject(file);
+        CompilationInfo info = SourceUtilsTestUtil.getCompilationInfo(js, Phase.RESOLVED);
+
+        ClassTree clazz = (ClassTree) info.getCompilationUnit().getTypeDecls().get(0);
+        MethodTree method = (MethodTree) clazz.getMembers().get(1);
+        TreePath tp = TreePath.getPath(info.getCompilationUnit(), method);
+        Element el = info.getTrees().getElement(tp);
+        ElementHandle<?> elHandle = ElementHandle.create(el);
+        TreePathHandle handle   = TreePathHandle.from(elHandle, info.getClasspathInfo());
+        TreePath       resolved = handle.resolve(info);
+
+        assertNotNull(resolved);
+
+        assertTrue(tp.getLeaf() == resolved.getLeaf());
+    }
+
     private static final class SecMan extends SecurityManager {
 
         @Override