AbstractStringBuilder.java

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package java.lang;

abstract class AbstractStringBuilder {
	/* 
	 * According to the JCL specifications, java.lang.StringBuilder and java.lang.StringBuffer extend java.lang.Object. 
	 * However, RI implementations extend AbstractStringBuilder, and this class may show up in user code,
	 * specifically in the stack map tables. This class ensures that the code can still run on J9 if it was compiled 
	 * with RI.  
	 */
}