8263552: Use String.valueOf() for char-to-String conversions

Reviewed-by: redestad, vtewari, azvegint, chegar

src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java

@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ void readNonProxy(ObjectInputStream in)
             char tcode = (char) in.readByte();
             String fname = in.readUTF();
             String signature = ((tcode == 'L') || (tcode == '[')) ?
-                in.readTypeString() : new String(new char[] { tcode });
+                in.readTypeString() : String.valueOf(tcode);
             try {
                 fields[i] = new ObjectStreamField(fname, signature, false);
             } catch (RuntimeException e) {

src/java.base/share/classes/javax/crypto/CryptoPolicyParser.java

@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ else if (expect.equalsIgnoreCase("permission type")) {
             break;
         default:
             throw new ParsingException(st.lineno(), expect,
-                               new String(new char[] {(char)lookahead}));
+                               String.valueOf((char)lookahead));
         }
         return value;
     }

src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/reflect/SignatureIterator.java

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public String next() {
         char c = sig.charAt(idx);
         if (c != '[' && c != 'L') {
             ++idx;
-            return new String(new char[] { c });
+            return String.valueOf(c);
         }
         // Walk forward to end of entry
         int endIdx = idx;

src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/Wrapper.java

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ private Wrapper(Class<?> wtype, String wtypeName, Class<?> ptype, String ptypeNa
         this.wrapperType = wtype;
         this.primitiveType = ptype;
         this.basicTypeChar = tchar;
-        this.basicTypeString = new String(new char[] {this.basicTypeChar});
+        this.basicTypeString = String.valueOf(this.basicTypeChar);
         this.emptyArray = emptyArray;
         this.format = format;
         this.wrapperSimpleName = wtypeName;

src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/provider/PolicyParser.java

@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ private String match(String expect)
             break;
         default:
             throw new ParsingException(st.lineno(), expect,
-                               new String(new char[] {(char)lookahead}));
+                               String.valueOf((char)lookahead));
         }
         return value;
     }

src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/text/NumberFormatter.java

@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ private Object toggleExponentSign(int offset, char aChar) throws
         }
         else {
             string = getReplaceString(offset, replaceLength,
-                                      new String(new char[] { aChar }));
+                                      String.valueOf(aChar));
         }
         return stringToValue(string);
     }