FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
 Windows Vista [Version 6.0.6000]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The documentation for GetStringChars and GetStringUTFChars
is unclear on whether you can count on a null char being appended automatically on the result.

docs/technotes/guides/jni/spec/functions.html#wp17265

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
read the bundled docs. Read Sheng Liang's The Java Native Inferface. It has the same omission.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
It should say explicitly if the string returned can be counted on to have a terminating null.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Presume null is sometimes returned and write voluminous code to deal with either possibility.