src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StringCoding.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@
             return this;
         }
     }
 
     @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
-    private static boolean hasNegatives(byte[] ba, int off, int len) {
+    public static boolean hasNegatives(byte[] ba, int off, int len) {
         for (int i = off; i < off + len; i++) {
             if (ba[i] < 0) {
                 return true;
             }
         }