--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/image/BytePackedRaster.java	2016-03-15 19:16:08.750641666 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/awt/image/BytePackedRaster.java	2016-03-15 19:16:08.542537673 +0530
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.awt.image.RasterFormatException;
 import java.awt.image.SampleModel;
 import java.awt.image.MultiPixelPackedSampleModel;
-import java.awt.image.DataBuffer;
 import java.awt.image.DataBufferByte;
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
 import java.awt.Point;
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@
     public BytePackedRaster(SampleModel sampleModel,
                             Point origin) {
         this(sampleModel,
-             sampleModel.createDataBuffer(),
+             (DataBufferByte)sampleModel.createDataBuffer(),
              new Rectangle(origin.x,
                            origin.y,
                            sampleModel.getWidth(),
@@ -108,11 +107,11 @@
      * initialized and must be a DataBufferByte compatible with SampleModel.
      * SampleModel must be of type MultiPixelPackedSampleModel.
      * @param sampleModel     The SampleModel that specifies the layout.
-     * @param dataBuffer      The DataBufferShort that contains the image data.
+     * @param dataBuffer      The DataBufferByte that contains the image data.
      * @param origin          The Point that specifies the origin.
      */
     public BytePackedRaster(SampleModel sampleModel,
-                            DataBuffer dataBuffer,
+                            DataBufferByte dataBuffer,
                             Point origin) {
         this(sampleModel,
              dataBuffer,
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@
      * Note that this constructor should generally be called by other
      * constructors or create methods, it should not be used directly.
      * @param sampleModel     The SampleModel that specifies the layout.
-     * @param dataBuffer      The DataBufferShort that contains the image data.
+     * @param dataBuffer      The DataBufferByte that contains the image data.
      * @param aRegion         The Rectangle that specifies the image area.
      * @param origin          The Point that specifies the origin.
      * @param parent          The parent (if any) of this raster.
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@
      * to requirements of this Raster type.
      */
     public BytePackedRaster(SampleModel sampleModel,
-                            DataBuffer dataBuffer,
+                            DataBufferByte dataBuffer,
                             Rectangle aRegion,
                             Point origin,
                             BytePackedRaster parent){
@@ -154,18 +153,13 @@
         this.maxX = minX + width;
         this.maxY = minY + height;
 
-        if (!(dataBuffer instanceof DataBufferByte)) {
-           throw new RasterFormatException("BytePackedRasters must have" +
-                "byte DataBuffers");
-        }
-        DataBufferByte dbb = (DataBufferByte)dataBuffer;
-        this.data = stealData(dbb, 0);
-        if (dbb.getNumBanks() != 1) {
+        this.data = stealData(dataBuffer, 0);
+        if (dataBuffer.getNumBanks() != 1) {
             throw new
                 RasterFormatException("DataBuffer for BytePackedRasters"+
                                       " must only have 1 bank.");
         }
-        int dbOffset = dbb.getOffset();
+        int dbOffset = dataBuffer.getOffset();
 
         if (sampleModel instanceof MultiPixelPackedSampleModel) {
             MultiPixelPackedSampleModel mppsm =
@@ -1322,7 +1316,7 @@
         int deltaY = y0 - y;
 
         return new BytePackedRaster(sm,
-                                    dataBuffer,
+                                    (DataBufferByte)dataBuffer,
                                     new Rectangle(x0, y0, width, height),
                                     new Point(sampleModelTranslateX+deltaX,
                                               sampleModelTranslateY+deltaY),