FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0-beta2"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-beta2-b78)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-beta2-b78, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 2000 SP 4

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
I found that JExcel API sometimes returns wrong contents and I seem to have tracked it down to the following test case:

byte[] data = new byte[] {65, 0, 114, 0, 105, 0, 97, 0, 108, 0};
String s = new String(data,"UnicodeLittle");
System.out.println(s);

This prints out "Arial" with JDK1.5 and some garbage with JDK1.6.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class UnicodeLitteTest
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
byte[] data = new byte[] {65, 0, 114, 0, 105, 0, 97, 0, 108, 0};
String s = new String(data,"UnicodeLittle");
System.out.println(s);
}
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

Release Regression From : 5.0u6
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was known to work. Since then there has been a regression.