--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/PrimitiveConstant.java	Wed May 01 12:41:26 2019 -0400
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.meta/src/jdk/vm/ci/meta/PrimitiveConstant.java	Wed May 01 12:31:29 2019 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
         assert kind.isPrimitive() || kind == JavaKind.Illegal;
     }
 
+    static PrimitiveConstant forTypeChar(char kind, long i) {
+        return JavaConstant.forIntegerKind(JavaKind.fromPrimitiveOrVoidTypeChar(kind), i);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public JavaKind getJavaKind() {
         return kind;