Name: ooR10006 Date: 05/03/2001


Since jdk1.4.0beta-b59 Character.getNumericValue(c) returns 0
instead of -1 for undefined chars.

The spec for getNumericValue(char) says:
"Returns:
 the numeric value of the character, as a nonnegative int value; -2 if the character
 has a numeric value that is not a nonnegative integer; -1 if the character has no
 numeric value."

The following test shows the failure:

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        int[] c = {0x0220, 0x0221, 0x0234, 0x0235, 0x0236, 0x0237, 0x0238, 0x0239,
            0x023a, 0x023b, 0x023c, 0x023d, 0x023e, 0x023f, 0x0240, 0x0241, 0x0242,
            0x0243, 0x0244, 0x0245, 0x0246, 0x0247, 0x0248, 0x0249, 0x024a, 0x024b,
            0x024c, 0x024d, 0x024e
        };
        String s = "";
        for(int i = 0; i < c.length; ++i){
            s += " " + Character.getNumericValue((char)c[i]);
        }
        System.out.println(s);
    }
}

% jdk1.4.0beta-b58/solsparc/bin/java Test
 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
% jdk1.4.0beta-b59/solsparc/bin/java Test
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
%

Due to this Merlin JCK test fails:
api/java_lang/Character/index.html#getAttr[Character0018]

jdk1.3.0fcsC passes the test

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