Name: paC48320 Date: 10/08/97


1. Creates a properties file. For example, GrammarReader.properties
Contents follows:
BadDoubleNumberFormatMessage=ä
End of contents.
This properties contains one Russian letter with byte value equals to 228.

2. Crates a demo class to read this file
Source code follows:
// Copyright 1997 Ruxy Consulting :-|
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class test {
public static void main(String[] args){

ResourceBundle properties = ResourceBundle.getBundle("GrammarReader");
String s = properties.getString("BadDoubleNumberFormatMessage");

byte[] tmp = s.getBytes();


System.out.println(tmp[0]);
System.out.println( s );
}
}
End of source.
Compile and run this program. GrammarReader.properties must be in
same dir as test.class

3. Output:
63
?
End of output.
But output must be
228
ä

5.Problem appears in java.util.Properties class
that actually reads the properties file.
Part of source follows:
 public synchronized void load(InputStream in) throws IOException {
in = Runtime.getRuntime().getLocalizedInputStream(in);
End of source.
But getLocalizedInputStream IS DEPRECATED
according to JDK1.1.4 online docs.
After that in code i found:
key.append((char)ch);
but I think it must be
        key.append((byte)ch)
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