--- old/./src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java	2012-08-21 16:41:05.001708604 -0400
+++ new/./src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java	2012-08-21 16:41:04.893708606 -0400
@@ -2362,6 +2362,30 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns a new {@code String} whose value is {@code n} concatenated copies of the
+     * current value.  If {@code n == 0}, then an empty string is returned.
+     * If {@code n == 1}, then the current {@code String} is returned.
+     * 
+     * @param n the number of times the current value is concatenated to itself
+     * @return a reference to this String or a new String depending on the value of n
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if n < 0
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public String repeat( int n ) {
+        if (n < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "n < 0");
+        }
+        if (n == 0) {
+          return "";
+        }
+        if (n == 1) {
+          return this;
+        }
+
+        return new StringBuilder().append(n, this).toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to lower
      * case using the rules of the given {@code Locale}.  Case mapping is based
      * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}