--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/vmSymbols.cpp	Fri Mar 11 21:19:15 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/vmSymbols.cpp	Fri Mar 11 22:33:47 2011 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, 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
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@
   return sid;
 }
 
+vmSymbols::SID vmSymbols::find_sid(const char* symbol_name) {
+  Symbol* symbol = SymbolTable::probe(symbol_name, (int) strlen(symbol_name));
+  if (symbol == NULL)  return NO_SID;
+  return find_sid(symbol);
+}
+
 static vmIntrinsics::ID wrapper_intrinsic(BasicType type, bool unboxing) {
 #define TYPE2(type, unboxing) ((int)(type)*2 + ((unboxing) ? 1 : 0))
   switch (TYPE2(type, unboxing)) {