diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/StaticChannelPipeline.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/StaticChannelPipeline.java
index b80a4ed393..0cd709161e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/StaticChannelPipeline.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/StaticChannelPipeline.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
 import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.internal.ConversionUtil;
 
 /**
  * A {@link ChannelPipeline} that might perform better at the cost of
@@ -42,12 +43,6 @@ public class StaticChannelPipeline implements ChannelPipeline {
     // FIXME Code duplication with DefaultChannelPipeline
     static final InternalLogger logger = InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(StaticChannelPipeline.class);
 
-    // The names of the first 16 handlers to avoid int->string conversion cost
-    private static final String[] NAMES = {
-        "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9",
-        "10","11","12","13","14","15",
-    };
-
     private volatile Channel channel;
     private volatile ChannelSink sink;
     private final StaticChannelHandlerContext[] contexts;
@@ -78,13 +73,7 @@ public class StaticChannelPipeline implements ChannelPipeline {
                 throw new NullPointerException("handlers[" + i + ']');
             }
 
-            String name;
-            if (i < NAMES.length) {
-                name = NAMES[i];
-            } else {
-                name = Integer.toString(i);
-            }
-
+            String name = ConversionUtil.toString(i);
             StaticChannelHandlerContext ctx =
                 new StaticChannelHandlerContext(i, name, h);
             contexts[i] = ctx;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/ConversionUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/ConversionUtil.java
index fba5c401f7..57a673736c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/ConversionUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/ConversionUtil.java
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ public class ConversionUtil {
         }
     }
 
-    private ConversionUtil() {
-        // Unused
-    }
-
     /**
      * Converts the specified object into an array of strings.
      */
@@ -96,4 +92,21 @@ public class ConversionUtil {
 
         return String.valueOf(value).split("[, \\t\\n\\r\\f\\e\\a]");
     }
+
+    private static final String[] INTEGERS = {
+        "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9",
+        "10","11","12","13","14","15",
+    };
+
+    public static String toString(int value) {
+        if (value >= 0 && value < INTEGERS.length) {
+            return INTEGERS[value];
+        } else {
+            return Integer.toString(value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ConversionUtil() {
+        // Unused
+    }
 }