On Win32(tested on Japanese 95 and NT4.0) the attached sample program
throws NullPointerException while Solaris has no problem using 1.1.6J.

SJIS, JIS and 8859_1 has no problem but EUCJIS(EUC_JP)

H:\>java ASCIIGoThruTest
0x21
0x22
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.io.ByteToCharEUC_JP.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at sun.io.ByteToCharConverter.getConverter(Compiled Code)
        at ASCIIGoThruTest.run(Compiled Code)
        at ASCIIGoThruTest.main(ASCIIGoThruTest.java:9)

1.1.5 or 1.2-beta3-L has no problem.

Assume that there is a problem on Win32 class loader.


shoji.ishida@Japan 1998-03-20
This causes HJV 1.1.x regression on Win32 platform see error below.

[Starting HotJava]^M
[Initializing globals]^M
[Creating frame]^M
[Loaded DTD html32 in 131ms]^M
[\223\307\202\335\215\236\202\361\202\305\202\242\202\334\202\267: c:\katakai\.h
otjava\urlpool]^M
java.lang.NullPointerException^M
        at sun.io.ByteToCharSJIS.<init>(Compiled Code)^M
        at sun.io.ByteToCharConverter.getDefault(Compiled Code)^M
        at java.io.FileReader.<init>(Compiled Code)^M
        at sunw.hotjava.misc.Cookies.loadPersistentCookies(Compiled Code)^M
        at sunw.hotjava.misc.Globals.initSystem(Compiled Code)^M
        at sunw.hotjava.Main.main(Compiled Code)^M
error: null^M

This is not only EUC_JP problem but SJIS too.

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mircea.oancea@canada 1998-03-26
From Takeshi Eto ###@###.### (Fujitsu is a licencee)

JDK1.1.6K rmic causes NullPointerException on Japanese Windows 95.
The problem can be demostrated by the example in the documentation
'Getting Started using RMI' (docs/guide/rmi/getstart.doc.html).
This can also occur on Windows NT4.0 and Windows 98 RC-0.
 
When it causes the exception, the displaying message is as follows;
 
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.io.ByteToCharSJIS.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at sun.io.ByteToCharConverter.getDefault(Compiled Code)
        at sun.toolssctac1
.java.ScannerInputStream.<init>(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.java.Scanner.useInputStream(Scanner.java:165)
        at sun.tools.java.Scanner.<init>(Scanner.java:153)
        at sun.tools.java.Parser.<init>(Parser.java:67)
        at sun.tools.javac.BatchParser.<init>(BatchParser.java:69)
        at sun.tools.javac.BatchEnvironment.parseFile(BatchEnvironment.java:218)
 
        at sun.tools.javac.BatchEnvironment.loadDefinition(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.java.ClassDeclaration.getClassDefinition(Compiled Code)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.Main.doCompile(Compiled Code)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.Main.compile(Main.java:121)
        at sun.rmi.rmic.Main.main(Main.java:404)
error: An exception has occurred in the compiler; please file a bug report (http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi).
1 error