The following program demonstates problems with various encoders:

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public class DebugEncoder {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
new String(new char[] {(char)Integer.parseInt(args[1], 16)})
.getBytes(args[0]);
    }
}
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The invocation "java DebugEncoder IBM933 1100" simply hangs in an
infinite loop.

For exceptions generated using other charsets, see below:

$ java DebugEncoder IBM949 dc00
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.nio.Buffer.position(Buffer.java:218)
at java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder.encode(CharsetEncoder.java:581)
at java.lang.StringCoding$CharsetSE.encode(StringCoding.java:336)
at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:372)
at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:821)
at DebugEncoder.main(DebugEncoder.java:3)
$ java DebugEncoder IBM949c dc00
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.nio.Buffer.position(Buffer.java:218)
at java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder.encode(CharsetEncoder.java:581)
at java.lang.StringCoding$CharsetSE.encode(StringCoding.java:336)
at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:372)
at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:821)
at DebugEncoder.main(DebugEncoder.java:3)
$ java DebugEncoder IBM970 8e
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.nio.Buffer.position(Buffer.java:218)
at java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder.encode(CharsetEncoder.java:581)
at java.lang.StringCoding$CharsetSE.encode(StringCoding.java:336)
at java.lang.StringCoding.encode(StringCoding.java:372)
at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:821)
at DebugEncoder.main(DebugEncoder.java:3)

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