# HG changeset patch
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# Date 1415832921 -10800
#      Thu Nov 13 01:55:21 2014 +0300
# Node ID 5429cda85b70ac816cdf3c8b0b572567d117f1f2
# Parent  23e10e5df0b3e526c295130e075769b15e8d01c6
8059677: Thread.getName() instantiates Strings
Reviewed-by: chegar, dholmes, sla, rriggs

diff -r 23e10e5df0b3 -r 5429cda85b70 src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java	Mon Nov 10 11:23:23 2014 -0500
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java	Thu Nov 13 01:55:21 2014 +0300
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
         registerNatives();
     }
 
-    private volatile char  name[];
+    private volatile String name;
     private int            priority;
     private Thread         threadQ;
     private long           eetop;
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
             throw new NullPointerException("name cannot be null");
         }
 
-        this.name = name.toCharArray();
+        this.name = name;
 
         Thread parent = currentThread();
         SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
@@ -1119,7 +1119,11 @@
      */
     public final synchronized void setName(String name) {
         checkAccess();
-        this.name = name.toCharArray();
+        if (name == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("name cannot be null");
+        }
+
+        this.name = name;
         if (threadStatus != 0) {
             setNativeName(name);
         }
@@ -1132,7 +1136,7 @@
      * @see     #setName(String)
      */
     public final String getName() {
-        return new String(name, true);
+        return name;
     }
 
     /**