--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StringConcatHelper.java 2016-02-02 22:43:59.164630103 +0300 +++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StringConcatHelper.java 2016-02-02 22:43:59.076630539 +0300 @@ -342,4 +342,12 @@ return new String(buf, coder); } + /** + * Provides the initial coder for the String. + * @return initial coder + */ + static byte initialCoder() { + return String.COMPACT_STRINGS ? String.LATIN1 : String.UTF16; + } + }