--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Character.java	2018-11-16 05:31:18.524485730 -0600
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Character.java	2018-11-16 05:31:17.934505318 -0600
@@ -8846,6 +8846,7 @@
      * @see     Character#getType(int)
      * @since   1.5
      */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
     public static boolean isLowerCase(int codePoint) {
         return getType(codePoint) == Character.LOWERCASE_LETTER ||
                CharacterData.of(codePoint).isOtherLowercase(codePoint);
@@ -8912,6 +8913,7 @@
      * @see     Character#getType(int)
      * @since   1.5
      */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
     public static boolean isUpperCase(int codePoint) {
         return getType(codePoint) == Character.UPPERCASE_LETTER ||
                CharacterData.of(codePoint).isOtherUppercase(codePoint);
@@ -9063,6 +9065,7 @@
      * @see     Character#getType(int)
      * @since   1.5
      */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
     public static boolean isDigit(int codePoint) {
         return getType(codePoint) == Character.DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER;
     }
@@ -10192,6 +10195,7 @@
      * @see     Character#isSpaceChar(int)
      * @since   1.5
      */
+    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
     public static boolean isWhitespace(int codePoint) {
         return CharacterData.of(codePoint).isWhitespace(codePoint);
     }