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

@@ -4407,10 +4407,22 @@
     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.
      *

@@ -6972,10 +6984,18 @@
      * @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.