--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/consumer/RecordingInternals.java	Fri May 17 15:53:21 2019 +0200
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/consumer/RecordingInternals.java	Fri May 17 16:02:27 2019 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 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
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@
 
 public abstract class RecordingInternals {
 
+    public static RecordingInternals instance() {
+        if (INSTANCE == null) {
+            // Force initialization
+            try {
+                Class<?> c = RecordedObject.class;
+                Class.forName(c.getName(), true, c.getClassLoader());
+            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+                new InternalError("shuld not happen");
+            }
+        }
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
     public static RecordingInternals INSTANCE;
 
     public abstract boolean isLastEventInChunk(RecordingFile file);
@@ -44,4 +57,5 @@
 
     public abstract void sort(List<RecordedEvent> events);
 
+    public abstract Parser newStringParser();
 }