--- a/src/share/vm/graal/graalCompiler.cpp	Mon Feb 18 19:02:14 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/graal/graalCompiler.cpp	Mon Feb 18 19:08:52 2013 -0800
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 }
 
 Handle GraalCompiler::get_JavaType(Symbol* klass_name, TRAPS) {
-   return VMToCompiler::createUnresolvedJavaType(VmIds::toString<Handle>(klass_name, THREAD), THREAD);
+   return VMToCompiler::createUnresolvedJavaType(java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(klass_name, THREAD), THREAD);
 }
 
 Handle GraalCompiler::get_JavaTypeFromSignature(Symbol* signature, KlassHandle loading_klass, TRAPS) {
@@ -255,12 +255,12 @@
 }
 
 Handle GraalCompiler::get_JavaType(KlassHandle klass, TRAPS) {
-  Handle name = VmIds::toString<Handle>(klass->name(), THREAD);
+  Handle name = java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(klass->name(), THREAD);
   return createHotSpotResolvedObjectType(klass, name, CHECK_NULL);
 }
 
 Handle GraalCompiler::get_JavaField(int offset, int flags, Symbol* field_name, Handle field_holder, Handle field_type, TRAPS) {
-  Handle name = VmIds::toString<Handle>(field_name, CHECK_NULL);
+  Handle name = java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(field_name, CHECK_NULL);
   return VMToCompiler::createJavaField(field_holder, name, field_type, offset, flags, false, CHECK_NULL);
 }
 

--- a/src/share/vm/graal/graalCompilerToVM.cpp	Mon Feb 18 19:02:14 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/graal/graalCompilerToVM.cpp	Mon Feb 18 19:08:52 2013 -0800
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 C2V_VMENTRY(jstring, getSignature, (JNIEnv *env, jobject, jlong metaspace_method))
   Method* method = asMethod(metaspace_method);
   assert(method != NULL && method->signature() != NULL, "signature required");
-  return VmIds::toString<jstring>(method->signature(), THREAD);
+  return (jstring)JNIHandles::make_local(java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(method->signature(), THREAD)());
 C2V_END
 
 C2V_VMENTRY(jobjectArray, initializeExceptionHandlers, (JNIEnv *, jobject, jlong metaspace_method, jobjectArray java_handlers))
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 
 C2V_VMENTRY(void, initializeMethod,(JNIEnv *, jobject, jlong metaspace_method, jobject hotspot_method))
   methodHandle method = asMethod(metaspace_method);
-  Handle name = VmIds::toString<Handle>(method->name(), CHECK);
+  Handle name = java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(method->name(), CHECK);
   InstanceKlass::cast(HotSpotResolvedJavaMethod::klass())->initialize(CHECK);
   HotSpotResolvedJavaMethod::set_name(hotspot_method, name());
   HotSpotResolvedJavaMethod::set_codeSize(hotspot_method, method->code_size());
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@
     return JNIHandles::make_local(THREAD, VMToCompiler::createResolvedJavaMethod(holder, method(), THREAD));
   } else {
     // Get the method's name and signature.
-    Handle name = VmIds::toString<Handle>(cp->name_ref_at(index), CHECK_NULL);
-    Handle signature  = VmIds::toString<Handle>(cp->signature_ref_at(index), CHECK_NULL);
+    Handle name = java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(cp->name_ref_at(index), CHECK_NULL);
+    Handle signature  = java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(cp->signature_ref_at(index), CHECK_NULL);
     int holder_index = cp->klass_ref_index_at(index);
     Handle type = GraalCompiler::get_JavaType(cp, holder_index, cp->pool_holder(), CHECK_NULL);
     return JNIHandles::make_local(THREAD, VMToCompiler::createUnresolvedJavaMethod(name, signature, type, THREAD));
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
       Handle type = GraalCompiler::get_JavaTypeFromSignature(fs.signature(), k, Thread::current());
       int flags = fs.access_flags().as_int();
       bool internal = fs.access_flags().is_internal();
-      Handle name = VmIds::toString<Handle>(fs.name(), Thread::current());
+      Handle name = java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(fs.name(), Thread::current());
       Handle field = VMToCompiler::createJavaField(JNIHandles::resolve(klass), name, type, fs.offset(), flags, internal, Thread::current());
       fields.append(field());
     }

--- a/src/share/vm/graal/graalVmIds.hpp	Mon Feb 18 19:02:14 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/graal/graalVmIds.hpp	Mon Feb 18 19:08:52 2013 -0800
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
   // Returns the stub address with the given vmId taken from a java.lang.Long
   static address getStub(oop id);
 
-  // Helper function to convert a symbol to a java.lang.String object
-  template <typename T> static T toString(Symbol* symbol, TRAPS);
-
   // Helper function to convert a java.lang.String object to a symbol (this will return NULL if the symbol doesn't exist in the system)
   static Symbol* toSymbol(jstring string);
 
@@ -53,22 +50,6 @@
   return (address)(getBoxedLong(obj));
 }
 
-template <> inline Handle VmIds::toString<Handle>(Symbol* symbol, TRAPS) {
-  return java_lang_String::create_from_symbol(symbol, THREAD);
-}
-
-template <> inline oop VmIds::toString<oop>(Symbol* symbol, TRAPS) {
-  return toString<Handle>(symbol, THREAD)();
-}
-
-template <> inline jstring VmIds::toString<jstring>(Symbol* symbol, TRAPS) {
-  return (jstring)JNIHandles::make_local(toString<oop>(symbol, THREAD));
-}
-
-template <> inline jobject VmIds::toString<jobject>(Symbol* symbol, TRAPS) {
-  return JNIHandles::make_local(toString<oop>(symbol, THREAD));
-}
-
 inline Symbol* VmIds::toSymbol(jstring string) {
   return java_lang_String::as_symbol(JNIHandles::resolve(string), Thread::current());
 }