--- old/src/share/classes/sun/util/locale/LocaleUtils.java	Mon Aug 13 12:04:56 2012
+++ new/src/share/classes/sun/util/locale/LocaleUtils.java	Mon Aug 13 12:04:54 2012
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
         return isAlpha(c) || isNumeric(c);
     }
 
-    static boolean isAlphaNumericString(String s) {
+    public static boolean isAlphaNumericString(String s) {
         int len = s.length();
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             if (!isAlphaNumeric(s.charAt(i))) {