FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0_10"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_10-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_10-b03, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux kukenam 2.6.18-3-k7 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 17:23:11 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
The filesystem type is Ext3

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
A bunch of files on a directory, some with English names, other with French accented names and some other with Spanish accented names. Some of the files have been created on Windows (thus named using windows-1252) and other on Linux (named using UTF-8). The directory «/tests/» is on a Debian testing GNU/Linux Machine using UTF-8 as default enconding method.

The immediate objective. (actually not a functional one... yet)
List the properties of each file on the directory.

The problem.
Even creating a java.io.File object «pointing» to the containing directory and then calling

File[ ] listFiles( )

to get a File object for each file on the directory, the object which are suppose to point to files with accented names on windows-1252 don't reach the actual file, or at least the methods like isFile() and canRead() return false.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Put a file with invalid UTF-8 characters on your file system and try to create a File object pointing to it. To create a file with invalid characters you can, in example, copy accented files from a cd that has been recorded on Windows.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Have a valid File object which actually refers to the file.
ACTUAL -
A File object with a string with the invalid UTF-8 character that does not «see» or «reach» the file. As a result you are unable to manipulate the said file.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
(Fileobj.toString) = /home/users/tests/Cd1 - 11 - Revel - Bol?ro.mp3

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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package local.tests;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;


public class Test1 {
public static void main (String[] args) {
System.setProperty("file.encoding", "windows-1252");
FileTest handler = new FileTest("../../tests");
try {
handler.process();
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Oooops Exception: "+e.getLocalizedMessage());
}
} // End of main
}

class FileTest {
private final File fileHandler;

public FileTest() {
this("");
}

public FileTest(String filename) {
fileHandler = new File(filename);
}

public FileTest(File filehandle) {
fileHandler = filehandle;
}

public void process() throws SecurityException,IOException,Exception {
System.out.println("\n««");
if(fileHandler.isDirectory()) {
System.out.println(fileHandler.getName() + ": is a Directory");
processAsDir();
} else if(fileHandler.isFile()) {
System.out.println(fileHandler.getName() + ": is a File");
processAsFile();
} else {
throw new Exception("Dude you gotta pass something valid... \n...and "+fileHandler.getCanonicalPath()+" is not valid.");
}
}

private void processAsFile() throws SecurityException,IOException {
System.out.println("Name: " + fileHandler.getName());
System.out.println("Parent: " + fileHandler.getParent());
System.out.println("Path: "+ fileHandler.getPath());
System.out.println("Absolute Path: "+ fileHandler.getAbsolutePath());
System.out.println("Canonical path: "+ fileHandler.getCanonicalPath());
System.out.println(fileHandler.canRead()?"Readable":"Not Readable");
}

private void processAsDir() throws SecurityException,IOException {
if(fileHandler.canRead()) {
if(fileHandler.listFiles().length==0)
System.out.println("(Empty)");
else
for(File fileInDir : fileHandler.listFiles()) {
FileTest auxhandler = new FileTest(fileInDir);
try {
auxhandler.process();
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Oooops Exception: "+e.getLocalizedMessage());
}
}
} else
throw new SecurityException(fileHandler.getName()+" : " + fileHandler.getCanonicalPath()+ " : directory is not readable");
}
}
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