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diff --git a/src/library/scala/runtime/SymbolLiteral.java b/src/library/scala/runtime/SymbolLiteral.java
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+package scala.runtime;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.*;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public final class SymbolLiteral {
+    private SymbolLiteral() {
+    }
+
+    public static CallSite bootstrap(MethodHandles.Lookup lookup, String invokedName,
+                                     MethodType invokedType,
+                                     String value) throws Throwable {
+        ClassLoader classLoader = lookup.lookupClass().getClassLoader();
+        MethodType type = MethodType.fromMethodDescriptorString("(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;", classLoader);
+        Class<?> symbolClass = Class.forName("scala.Symbol", false, classLoader);
+        MethodHandle factoryMethod = lookup.findStatic(symbolClass, "apply", type);
+        Object symbolValue = factoryMethod.invokeWithArguments(value);
+        return new ConstantCallSite(MethodHandles.constant(symbolClass, symbolValue));
+    }
+}