> I assume that Pavel is suggesting a 'private byte[] bvalue' field.
Tim, Exactly. But I suspect that there should exist some machinery inside java.lang.String to keep 'value' and 'bvalue' in-sync.
Package private is also acceptable.
Alexey, This is not neccessary. This field is internal to java.lang.String and won't be used outside of it. -- Pavel Pervov, Intel Enterprise Solutions Software Division
