src/share/vm/classfile/javaClasses.hpp

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      assert(initialized, "Must be initialized");
      assert(is_instance(java_string), "must be java_string");
      if (count_offset > 0) {
        return java_string->int_field(count_offset);
      } else {
!       return ((typeArrayOop)java_string->obj_field(value_offset))->length();
      }
    }
    static int utf8_length(oop java_string);
  
    // String converters
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      assert(initialized, "Must be initialized");
      assert(is_instance(java_string), "must be java_string");
      if (count_offset > 0) {
        return java_string->int_field(count_offset);
      } else {
!       typeArrayOop value_array = ((typeArrayOop)java_string->obj_field(value_offset));
!       if (value_array == NULL) {
!         return 0;
!       } else {
!         return value_array->length();
!       }
      }
    }
    static int utf8_length(oop java_string);
  
    // String converters