src/share/classes/java/lang/Character.java

rev 4568 : 7088952: Add "BYTES" constant to primitive wrapper classes
7088913: Add compatible static hashCode(primitive) to primitive wrapper classes
Reviewed-by: smarks

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      public int hashCode() {
          return (int)value;
      }
  
      /**
+      * Returns a hash code for a {@code char} value; compatible with
+      * {@code Character.hashCode()}.
+      *  
+      * @since 1.8
+      *
+      * @return a hash code value for a {@code char} value.
+      */
+     public static int hashCode(char value) {
+         return (int)value;
+     }
+ 
+     /**
       * Compares this object against the specified object.
       * The result is {@code true} if and only if the argument is not
       * {@code null} and is a {@code Character} object that
       * represents the same {@code char} value as this object.
       *
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       * @since 1.5
       */
      public static final int SIZE = 16;
  
      /**
+      * The number of bytes used to represent a {@code char} value in unsigned
+      * binary form.
+      *
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public static final int BYTES = SIZE / Byte.SIZE;
+ 
+     /**
       * Returns the value obtained by reversing the order of the bytes in the
       * specified <tt>char</tt> value.
       *
       * @return the value obtained by reversing (or, equivalently, swapping)
       *     the bytes in the specified <tt>char</tt> value.