--- old/src/hotspot/share/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	2018-04-05 12:03:45.000000000 -0500
+++ new/src/hotspot/share/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	2018-04-05 12:03:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -1259,4 +1259,11 @@
   return *(void**)addr;
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// String type aliases used by command line flag declarations and
+// processing utilities.
+
+typedef const char* ccstr;
+typedef const char* ccstrlist;   // represents string arguments which accumulate
+
 #endif // SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_GLOBALDEFINITIONS_HPP