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jdk : j2sdk Merlin-beta3 b82
OS : Solaris sparc 8 and 9 / x86 7
         Windows 98 2nd, NT SP6 japanese
         RedHat Linux 7.1
locale : ja locale
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Appletviewer throws "java.lang.StackOverflowError" and can not launch
application on ja locale.

This phenomenon is not seen in English locale.
And this problem does not occur on b81.

Steps to reproduce;
1) In case of Solaris or Linux, login with ja locale.
2) Install j2sdk merlin-beta3 b82
3) launch demo using appletviewer

   % appletviewer $JAVAHOME/demo/applets/Clock/example1.html
or
   % appletviewer $JAVAHOME/demo/applets/CardTest/example1.html

Then, you can see the following exception and demo does not work.

java.lang.StackOverflowError
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.io.Converters.getDefaultEncodingName(Converters.java:69)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:368)
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:576)
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(Native Method)
        at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:516)
        at java.io.FilePermission$1.run(FilePermission.java:212)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.io.FilePermission.init(FilePermission.java:206)
        at java.io.FilePermission.<init>(FilePermission.java:256)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:890)
        at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:701)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(FileURLConnection.java:68)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(FileURLConnection.java:151)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.resourceExists(AppletClassLoader.java:322)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findResources(AppletClassLoader.java:338)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResources(ClassLoader.java:786)
        at sun.misc.Service$LazyIterator.hasNext(Service.java:242)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:301)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:324)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.lookupCharset(StringCoding.java:81)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:353)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:370)
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:576)
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(Native Method)
        at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:516)
        at java.io.FilePermission$1.run(FilePermission.java:212)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.io.FilePermission.init(FilePermission.java:206)
        at java.io.FilePermission.<init>(FilePermission.java:256)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:890)
        at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:701)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(FileURLConnection.java:68)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(FileURLConnection.java:151)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.resourceExists(AppletClassLoader.java:322)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findResources(AppletClassLoader.java:338)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResources(ClassLoader.java:786)
        at sun.misc.Service$LazyIterator.hasNext(Service.java:242)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:301)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:324)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.lookupCharset(StringCoding.java:81)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:353)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:370)
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:576)
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(Native Method)
        at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:516)
        at java.io.FilePermission$1.run(FilePermission.java:212)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.io.FilePermission.init(FilePermission.java:206)
        at java.io.FilePermission.<init>(FilePermission.java:256)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:890)
        at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:701)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(FileURLConnection.java:68)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(FileURLConnection.java:151)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.resourceExists(AppletClassLoader.java:322)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findResources(AppletClassLoader.java:338)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResources(ClassLoader.java:786)
        at sun.misc.Service$LazyIterator.hasNext(Service.java:242)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:301)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:324)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.lookupCharset(StringCoding.java:81)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:353)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:370)
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:576)
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(Native Method)
        at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:516)
        at java.io.FilePermission$1.run(FilePermission.java:212)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.io.FilePermission.init(FilePermission.java:206)
        at java.io.FilePermission.<init>(FilePermission.java:256)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:890)
        at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:701)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(FileURLConnection.java:68)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(FileURLConnection.java:151)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.resourceExists(AppletClassLoader.java:322)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findResources(AppletClassLoader.java:338)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResources(ClassLoader.java:786)
        at sun.misc.Service$LazyIterator.hasNext(Service.java:242)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:301)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:324)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.lookupCharset(StringCoding.java:81)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:353)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:370)
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:576)
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(Native Method)
        at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:516)
        at java.io.FilePermission$1.run(FilePermission.java:212)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.io.FilePermission.init(FilePermission.java:206)
        at java.io.FilePermission.<init>(FilePermission.java:256)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:890)
        at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:701)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(FileURLConnection.java:68)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(FileURLConnection.java:151)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.resourceExists(AppletClassLoader.java:322)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findResources(AppletClassLoader.java:338)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResources(ClassLoader.java:786)
        at sun.misc.Service$LazyIterator.hasNext(Service.java:242)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:301)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:324)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.lookupCharset(StringCoding.java:81)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:353)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:370)
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:576)
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(Native Method)
        at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:516)
        at java.io.FilePermission$1.run(FilePermission.java:212)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.io.FilePermission.init(FilePermission.java:206)
        at java.io.FilePermission.<init>(FilePermission.java:256)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:890)
        at java.io.File.isDirectory(File.java:701)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.connect(FileURLConnection.java:68)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.file.FileURLConnection.getInputStream(FileURLConnection.java:151)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.resourceExists(AppletClassLoader.java:322)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findResources(AppletClassLoader.java:338)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.getResources(ClassLoader.java:786)
        at sun.misc.Service$LazyIterator.hasNext(Service.java:242)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:301)
        at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:324)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.lookupCharset(StringCoding.java:81)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:353)
        at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:370)
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:576)