--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/Byte.java	2012-11-07 15:01:28.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/Byte.java	2012-11-07 15:01:27.000000000 -0800
@@ -494,6 +494,14 @@
      */
     public static final int SIZE = 8;
 
+    /**
+     * The number of bytes used to represent a {@code byte} value in two's
+     * complement binary form.
+     *
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public static final int BYTES = SIZE / Byte.SIZE;
+
     /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1. for interoperability */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -7183698231559129828L;
 }