Name: rmT116609 Date: 04/15/2003


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.2-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-beta-b19)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-beta-b19, mixed mode)


FULL OS VERSION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (Norwegian edition of Win XP)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The letters v and w are treated as same letters when using Arrays.sort with Locale ("no", "NO").

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Se code example below.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
vard
verd
vird
ward
werd
wird

vard
ward
verd
werd
vird
wird


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

/**********************************************************
* This program demonstrates that a wrong sorting rule is
* applied to the letters v and w, when using the
* Norwegian Locale ("no", "NO").
* It's a slightly modified version of the program reported
* with Bug ID 4804273.
***********************************************************/
public class CollatorTest {

  /********************************************************
  *********************************************************/
  public static void main (String[] args) {
    Locale loc = new Locale ("no", "NO"); // Norwegian

    Locale.setDefault (loc);
    Collator col = Collator.getInstance ();

    String[] data = {"wird",
                     "vird",
                     "verd",
                     "werd",
                     "vard",
                     "ward"};
    Arrays.sort (data, col);

    System.out.println ("Using " + loc.getDisplayName());
    for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
      System.out.println (data[i]);
    }//end for
  }//end main

}//end class CollatorTest

---------- END SOURCE ----------

(Review ID: 184128)
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