(i18n) Class.forName doesn't work with a non-ASCII name

masayoshi.okutsu@Eng 1996-12-20
Class.forName() doesn't work with a non-ASCII character name.

To reproduce, run the following:

Source program:

// no.1
public class classmini1{
public static void main(String args[]){
String className = "\u6f22\u5b57";
String classToString = "class "+className;
\u6f22\u5b57 kanjiClass = new \u6f22\u5b57();
Class c = kanjiClass.getClass();
}
}
//
class \u6f22\u5b57{
public \u6f22\u5b57(){}
public static void kanjitest(){}
}


// no.2
public class classmini2{
public static void main(String args[]){
String className = "\u6f22\u5b57";
try{
Class c = Class.forName(className);
}
catch(ClassNotFoundException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
//
class \u6f22\u5b57{
public \u6f22\u5b57(){}
public static void kanjitest(){}
}


Execution:

// no.1

% java classmini1
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ???í´?ÑÚ
at sun.io.CharToByteJIS0208.<clinit>(CharToByteJIS0208.java:33)


// no.2
% java classmini2
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: "W
at classmini2.main(classmini2.java:5)