diff --git a/src/ast.zig b/src/ast.zig
index 1867aa4..e0ebec1 100644
--- a/src/ast.zig
+++ b/src/ast.zig
@@ -533,10 +533,17 @@ pub const ProtocolDecl = struct {
     type_params: []const StructTypeParam = &.{}, // for `protocol(Target: Type) { ... }`
 };
 
+pub const JniMethodDecl = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    params: []const *Node, // type_expr nodes — first is `*Self` for instance methods
+    param_names: []const []const u8,
+    return_type: ?*Node, // null = void
+};
+
 pub const JniClassDecl = struct {
     name: []const u8, // sx-side alias (left of `::`)
     java_path: []const u8, // directive arg, e.g. "java/path/Foo"
-    body: []const *Node = &.{}, // body items (methods, fields, #extends, ...) — empty in 2.1
+    methods: []const JniMethodDecl = &.{}, // instance methods (static/fields/extends land in later steps)
 };
 
 pub const ImplBlock = struct {
diff --git a/src/parser.zig b/src/parser.zig
index 19c616e..93f9309 100644
--- a/src/parser.zig
+++ b/src/parser.zig
@@ -1040,16 +1040,59 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
         try self.expect(.r_paren);
 
         try self.expect(.l_brace);
-        // Body items (methods, fields, #extends, #implements, ...) land in steps
-        // 2.2 onward. Step 2.1 accepts only the empty body (opaque forward decl).
-        if (self.current.tag != .r_brace) {
-            return self.fail("non-empty `#jni_class` body not yet supported (Phase 2.1 accepts only the empty/opaque form)");
+
+        var methods = std.ArrayList(ast.JniMethodDecl).empty;
+        while (self.current.tag != .r_brace and self.current.tag != .eof) {
+            // Instance method: name :: (self: *Self, args...) -> Ret;
+            // (`static`, fields, #extends, #implements land in later steps.)
+            if (self.current.tag != .identifier) {
+                return self.fail("expected method name in '#jni_class' body");
+            }
+            const method_name = self.tokenSlice(self.current);
+            self.advance();
+            try self.expect(.colon_colon);
+            try self.expect(.l_paren);
+
+            var param_types = std.ArrayList(*Node).empty;
+            var param_names = std.ArrayList([]const u8).empty;
+            while (self.current.tag != .r_paren and self.current.tag != .eof) {
+                if (param_types.items.len > 0) {
+                    try self.expect(.comma);
+                    if (self.current.tag == .r_paren) break;
+                }
+                if (self.current.tag != .identifier and self.current.tag != .kw_Self) {
+                    return self.fail("expected parameter name in '#jni_class' method");
+                }
+                const pname = self.tokenSlice(self.current);
+                self.advance();
+                try self.expect(.colon);
+                const ptype = try self.parseTypeExpr();
+                try param_names.append(self.allocator, pname);
+                try param_types.append(self.allocator, ptype);
+            }
+            try self.expect(.r_paren);
+
+            var return_type: ?*Node = null;
+            if (self.current.tag == .arrow) {
+                self.advance();
+                return_type = try self.parseTypeExpr();
+            }
+
+            try self.expect(.semicolon);
+
+            try methods.append(self.allocator, .{
+                .name = method_name,
+                .params = try param_types.toOwnedSlice(self.allocator),
+                .param_names = try param_names.toOwnedSlice(self.allocator),
+                .return_type = return_type,
+            });
         }
         try self.expect(.r_brace);
 
         return try self.createNode(start_pos, .{ .jni_class_decl = .{
             .name = name,
             .java_path = java_path,
+            .methods = try methods.toOwnedSlice(self.allocator),
         } });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-02-method.exit b/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-02-method.exit
index d00491f..573541a 100644
--- a/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-02-method.exit
+++ b/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-02-method.exit
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1
+0
diff --git a/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-02-method.txt b/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-02-method.txt
index ea7929d..2ef3b99 100644
--- a/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-02-method.txt
+++ b/tests/expected/ffi-jni-class-02-method.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/Users/agra/projects/sx/examples/ffi-jni-class-02-method.sx:14:5: error: non-empty `#jni_class` body not yet supported (Phase 2.1 accepts only the empty/opaque form)
+parse-only ok