src/share/classes/java/lang/Character.java

rev 6091 : 7088952: Add size in bytes constant "BYTES" to primitive type wrapper types
Summary: Adds a constant BYTES to each of the primitive wrapper classes (Byte, Character, Double, Float, Integer, Long, Short) with the calculation Primitive.SIZE / Byte.SIZE already made.
Reviewed-by: smarks, darcy

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       * @since 1.5
       */
      public static final int SIZE = 16;
  
      /**
+      * The number of bytes used to represent a {@code char} value in unsigned
+      * binary form.
+      *
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public static final int BYTES = SIZE / Byte.SIZE;
+ 
+     /**
       * Returns the value obtained by reversing the order of the bytes in the
       * specified <tt>char</tt> value.
       *
       * @return the value obtained by reversing (or, equivalently, swapping)
       *     the bytes in the specified <tt>char</tt> value.