src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Robot.java

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          checkKeycodeArgument(keycode);
          peer.keyRelease(keycode);
          afterEvent();
      }
  
+     /**
+      * Presses and releases a given unicode key.  The key should be released
+      * using the {@code keyPressUnicode} and {@code keyReleaseUnicode} method.
+      * <p>
+      *
+      * @param   unicodeKey unicode key to press and release
+      * @throws  IllegalArgumentException if {@code unicodeKey} is not
+      *          a valid unicode key
+      * @see     #keyPressUnicode(int)
+      * @see     #keyReleaseUnicode(int)
+      */
+     public synchronized void keyUnicode(int unicodeKey) {
+         checkKeycodeArgument(unicodeKey);
+ 
+         peer.keyPressUnicode(unicodeKey);
+         afterEvent();
+ 
+         peer.keyReleaseUnicode(unicodeKey);
+         afterEvent();
+     }
+ 
      private void checkKeycodeArgument(int keycode) {
          // rather than build a big table or switch statement here, we'll
          // just check that the key isn't VK_UNDEFINED and assume that the
          // peer implementations will throw an exception for other bogus
          // values e.g. -1, 999999