diff --git a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/RuleContext.java b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/RuleContext.java
index 0622c3892..0f4583a4d 100644
--- a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/RuleContext.java
+++ b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/RuleContext.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.antlr.v4.runtime.misc.Nullable;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTree;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTreeVisitor;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.RuleNode;
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.Tree;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.Trees;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.gui.TreeViewer;
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
  *  getting error information.
  *
  *  These objects are used during parsing and prediction.
- *  For the special case of parsers and tree parsers, we use the subclass
+ *  For the special case of parsers, we use the subclass
  *  ParserRuleContext.
  *
  *  @see ParserRuleContext
@@ -150,6 +151,11 @@ public class RuleContext implements RuleNode {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public List<? extends Tree> getChildren() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public <T> T accept(ParseTreeVisitor<? extends T> visitor) { return visitor.visitChildren(this); }
 
diff --git a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/tree/TerminalNodeImpl.java b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/tree/TerminalNodeImpl.java
index 05e26306e..3fdd4e124 100644
--- a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/tree/TerminalNodeImpl.java
+++ b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/tree/TerminalNodeImpl.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Parser;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Token;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.misc.Interval;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class TerminalNodeImpl implements TerminalNode {
 	public Token symbol;
 	public ParseTree parent;
@@ -63,6 +65,11 @@ public class TerminalNodeImpl implements TerminalNode {
 	@Override
 	public int getChildCount() { return 0; }
 
+	@Override
+	public List<? extends Tree> getChildren() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public <T> T accept(ParseTreeVisitor<? extends T> visitor) {
 		return visitor.visitTerminal(this);
diff --git a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/tree/Tree.java b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/tree/Tree.java
index 119dbee7c..8f1ec38a2 100644
--- a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/tree/Tree.java
+++ b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/tree/Tree.java
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ package org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.RuleContext;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Token;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
 /** The basic notion of a tree has a parent, a payload, and a list of children.
  *  It is the most abstract interface for all the trees used by ANTLR.
  */
@@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ public interface Tree {
 	 */
 	int getChildCount();
 
+	/** Return ordered list of all children of this node */
+	List<? extends Tree> getChildren();
+
 	/** Print out a whole tree, not just a node, in LISP format
 	 *  {@code (root child1 .. childN)}. Print just a node if this is a leaf.
 	 */