Name: dfR10049 Date: 10/03/2000



Java ignores -Dfile.encoding while creating Reader/Writer with default
encoding. It always uses system default on Solaris 2.7.

On Solaris 2.6 if LC_CTYPE=ru it also ignores -Dfile.encoding parameter.

jdk1.1.* works correctly.

This is the test demonstrated the bug:

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import java.io.*;

public class Test {

  static public void main (String[] args) {
        System.out.println("file.encoding " +
                System.getProperty("file.encoding"));
        OutputStreamWriter wtr =
                new OutputStreamWriter(new ByteArrayOutputStream());
     System.out.println("encoding " + wtr.getEncoding());
  }
}

-------- output from the text on Solaris 2.7 ----------------
(jdk versions: 1.4)

#> uname -a
SunOS falcon 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
#> java -version
java version "1.4.0beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0beta-b34)
Java HotSpot(TM) Core VM (build 1.3-internal, interpreted mode)

#> export LC_CTYPE=C

#> java Test
file.encoding 646
encoding ASCII

#> java -Dfile.encoding=Cp037 Test
file.encoding Cp037
encoding ASCII

#> export LC_CTYPE=ru

#> java Test
file.encoding ISO8859-5
encoding ISO8859_5

#> java -Dfile.encoding=Cp037 Test
file.encoding Cp037
encoding ISO8859_5

example of correctly behavior on Solaris 2.7:

#> /usr/local/java/jdk1.1.8/solaris/bin/java -Dfile.encoding=Cp037 Test
K@Ãðó÷%@Ãðó÷%


-------- output from the text on Solaris 2.6 ----------------
#> uname -a
SunOS helmet 5.6 Generic_105181-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-

#> java -version
java version "1.4.0beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0beta-b34)
Java HotSpot(TM) Core VM (build 1.3-internal, interpreted mode)

correctly works when LC_CTYPE=C

#> export LC_CTYPE=C
#> java Test
file.encoding 8859_1
encoding ISO8859_1

#> java -Dfile.encoding=Cp037 Test
K@Ãðó÷@Ãðó÷

Incorrectly works when LC_CTYPE=ru
#> export LC_CTYPE=ru

#> java Test
file.encoding koi8-r
encoding KOI8_R

#> java -Dfile.encoding=Cp037 Test
file.encoding Cp037
encoding KOI8_R


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