The first time a Java VM is run, the first time a call is made to get the AccessibleRole (or AccessibleState) in a specific locale, that locale gets "set", and all subsequent calls in a different locale return the original, "set" locale.

The sample code below illustrates the problem. The output should be:

  Fenster
  Window

(first in German, then in English). But instead you get "Fenster" twice, because the German locale is "sticking". This problem happens with States as well (the bug is likely either in AccessibleBundle (the common superclass), or perhaps


import javax.accessibility.AccessibleRole;
import java.util.Locale;

public class test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(AccessibleRole.WINDOW.toDisplayString(Locale.GERMANY));
System.out.println(AccessibleRole.WINDOW.toDisplayString(Locale.US));
}
}


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Please note that with non english regional settings (e.g. german), java.util.ResourceBundle falls back to accessibility_de.properties, not to accessibility.properties. This means there should also be a resource file accessibility_en.properties in com/sun/accessibility/internal/resources.

Make sure to test with non english regional settings.