--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Long.java Wed Nov 14 07:08:50 2012 -0800
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Long.java Tue Nov 13 20:02:39 2012 -0800
@@ -1320,6 +1320,14 @@
public static final int SIZE = 64;
/**
+ * The number of bytes used to represent a {@code long} value in two's
+ * complement binary form.
+ *
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+ public static final int BYTES = SIZE / Byte.SIZE;
+
+ /**
* Returns a {@code long} value with at most a single one-bit, in the
* position of the highest-order ("leftmost") one-bit in the specified
* {@code long} value. Returns zero if the specified value has no