diff --git a/jcommons/org.eclipse.statet.jcommons.util-tests/src/org/eclipse/statet/jcommons/string/StringUtilsTest.java b/jcommons/org.eclipse.statet.jcommons.util-tests/src/org/eclipse/statet/jcommons/string/StringUtilsTest.java
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+/*=============================================================================#
+ # Copyright (c) 2021 Stephan Wahlbrink and others.
+ # 
+ # This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ # terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ # https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ # which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ # 
+ # SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
+ # 
+ # Contributors:
+ #     Stephan Wahlbrink <sw@wahlbrink.eu> - initial API and implementation
+ #=============================================================================*/
+
+package org.eclipse.statet.jcommons.string;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.eclipse.statet.jcommons.lang.NonNullByDefault;
+
+
+@NonNullByDefault
+public class StringUtilsTest {
+	
+	
+	@Test
+	public void formatCodePoint() {
+		assertEquals("U+0000", StringUtils.formatCodePoint(0)); // MIN
+		assertEquals("U+0001", StringUtils.formatCodePoint(1));
+		assertEquals("U+0041", StringUtils.formatCodePoint('A'));
+		assertEquals("U+FFFF", StringUtils.formatCodePoint(0xFFFF));
+		assertEquals("U+010000", StringUtils.formatCodePoint(0x10000));
+		assertEquals("U+10FFFF", StringUtils.formatCodePoint(0x10FFFF)); // MAX
+		assertEquals("U+FFFFFFFF", StringUtils.formatCodePoint(0xFFFFFFFF)); // <invalid>
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/jcommons/org.eclipse.statet.jcommons.util/src/org/eclipse/statet/jcommons/string/StringUtils.java b/jcommons/org.eclipse.statet.jcommons.util/src/org/eclipse/statet/jcommons/string/StringUtils.java
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+/*=============================================================================#
+ # Copyright (c) 2021 Stephan Wahlbrink and others.
+ # 
+ # This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ # terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ # https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ # which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ # 
+ # SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
+ # 
+ # Contributors:
+ #     Stephan Wahlbrink <sw@wahlbrink.eu> - initial API and implementation
+ #=============================================================================*/
+
+package org.eclipse.statet.jcommons.string;
+
+import org.eclipse.statet.jcommons.lang.NonNullByDefault;
+
+
+@NonNullByDefault
+public class StringUtils {
+	
+	
+	private static final byte[] U_DIGITS= {
+			'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
+			'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F',
+	};
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Formats the Unicode code points in the standard U+XXXX notation.
+	 * 
+	 * @param cp the code point
+	 * @return a string with the formatted code point
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	public static String formatCodePoint(int cp) {
+		final int nDigits= Math.max(((Integer.SIZE + 7 - Integer.numberOfLeadingZeros(cp)) / 8) * 2, 4);
+		final byte[] latin1= new byte[2 + nDigits];
+		latin1[0]= 'U';
+		latin1[1]= '+';
+		int i= latin1.length;
+		do {
+			latin1[--i]= U_DIGITS[cp & 0xF];
+			cp >>>= 4;
+		} while (i > 2);
+		return new String(latin1, 0, 0, latin1.length);
+	}
+	
+	
+	private StringUtils() {
+	}
+	
+}