FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.2_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_01-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_01-b06, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Using English version of Windows.
Default locale is "en"


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Enclosed program does round-trip conversion of a string from default encoding to SJIS, and then back. When "ABC" is processed it correctly comes back as "ABC". When a single character string is processed, it comes back as an empty string.



STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Run provided Java program

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Printed output should be:

roundTrip(A)=A
roundTrip(ABC)=ABC
ACTUAL -
Actual output is:

roundTrip(A)=
roundTrip(ABC)=ABC

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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package gcr.db.test;

import java.nio.*;
import java.nio.charset.*;

/**
 * Demonstrates apparent bug in SJIS encoding.
 */
public class SjisBug {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("roundTrip(A)="+roundTrip("A")); // Gets empty string !
    System.out.println("roundTrip(ABC)="+roundTrip("ABC")); // Gets ABC, as expected.
  }
  static String roundTrip(String str) {
    Charset cs=Charset.forName("SJIS");
    return cs.decode(cs.encode(str)).toString();
  }
}



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