Customer Problem Description:
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>This is a problem with the ZIP's filename contains Japanese characters,
>not necessarily when the files in the ZIP contain them.
>
>When dealing with files with Japanese characters, the locale will normally
>be set to Japanese as well. However, it should still be able to read the
>files no matter what the locale is. For example, Windows Explorer deals
>with them correctly, as does the JDK except when trying to open them as
>ZIPs. For other internationalization testing, I didn't have to change my
>locale to get the VM to process the characters correctly.
>
> >I've got another JDK bug to push to Sun. This happens on 1.4.1_03, Win2K.
> >I couldn't find any other reports on java.sun.com or elsewhere online. I
> >also repro'd on 1.4.1 and 1.4.1_02, and on WinXP. These were both English
> >installs of the OS, haven't tried on other versions.
> >
> >The problem is that the constructor to java.util.zip.ZipFile throws a
> >ZipException if the path to the file contains Japanese characters.
> >
> >Repro steps:
> >
> >Edit ZipRepro.java so that it points to a valid directory on the local
> >machine.
> >Compile ZipRepro.java.
> >Copy any valid ZIP file to the directory your source is pointing to.
> >Rename the ZIP file so that its name contains Japanese characters. (Go to
> >www.beasys.co.jp and copy some text, then paste into Windows Explorer
> >doing a rename).
> >Run ZipRepro, output is:
> >
> >Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: The filename,
> >directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect
> > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
> > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
> > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:72)
> > at ZipRepro.main(ZipRepro.java:14)
> >
> >No known workarounds besides copying the ZIP to a different filename.
> >

> >
> >Followup:
> >
> >I don't get the exception if I set my machine to use the Japanese locale.
> >Best guess is that the native ZIP libraries are using the platform's
> >default encoding when working with the filename.