--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/Character.java	2011-09-20 12:56:30.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/Character.java	2011-09-20 12:56:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -4409,6 +4409,18 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * 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
@@ -6974,6 +6986,14 @@
     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.
      *