Name: tb29552 Date: 06/30/98

There is a bug in java.lang.Properties with Korean string.
load() method is not handle korean string.

The test code is below.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class PropertiesTest
{
 public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
 {
  Properties p=new Properties();
  p.load(new FileInputStream("test.properties"));

  System.out.println(p.getProperty("a"));
  System.out.println(p.getProperty("b"));
  System.out.println(p.getProperty("ÇÑ"));
 }
}


test.properties contains :

 a=java
 b=ÇѱÛ
 ÇÑ=ÀÚ¹Ù



Expected result is

java
ÇѱÛ
ÀÚ¹Ù



But, the output is

java
??¡¾?
null



Java is the language based on Unicode.
but, this result is not apply this policy.
The troublesome solution is using additional code.

String koreanString=new String(p.getProperties("b").getBytes("8859_1"), "KSC5601");

But, this solution can't correct the problem that not recognize
unicode key in Properties.

I want to use Korean string in Properties directly.

If JavaSoft overload load() method like follow, may correct this problem.

public void load(InputStream);
public void load(Reader);

Thanks for reading.



This works fine when reading english or number...
but, not convert input characters to korean string correctly.



Is it design mistake in Java I18N?
Why can't i manipulate Korean string with Properties class directly?

(Review ID: 33206)
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