JDK-4459099 : J2RE can't run on Windows 2000 Hindi locale
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.util
  • Affected Version: 1.3.0,1.4.0
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: windows_nt,windows_2000
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2001-05-15
  • Updated: 2002-11-22
  • Resolved: 2002-11-17
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Description
On a Win 2000, with Hindi enabled as default locale, installed Merlin b64, run Font2DTest, the following exception is thrown (this is mark copy/paste from dos promp window), same with other demo programs.

J:\\jdk1.4\\demo\\jfc\\Font2DTest>java -jar Font2DTest.jar\par
Exception in thread "main" j a v a . l a n g . E x c e p t i o n I n I n i t i a\par
 l i z e r E r r o r\par
 C a u s e d   b y :   j a v a . l a n g . N u l l P o i n t e r E x c e p t i o\par
 n\par
         a t   j a v a . i o . W i n 3 2 F i l e S y s t e m . n o r m a l i z e\par
 ( U n k n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   j a v a . i o . W i n 3 2 F i l e S y s t e m . g e t U s e r P a\par
 t h ( U n k n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   j a v a . i o . W i n 3 2 F i l e S y s t e m . r e s o l v e ( U\par
 n k n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   j a v a . i o . F i l e . g e t C a n o n i c a l P a t h ( U n k\par
 n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   j a v a . l a n g . C l a s s L o a d e r . l o a d L i b r a r y\par
 0 ( U n k n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   j a v a . l a n g . C l a s s L o a d e r . l o a d L i b r a r y\par
 ( U n k n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   j a v a . l a n g . R u n t i m e . l o a d L i b r a r y 0 ( U n\par
 k n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   j a v a . l a n g . S y s t e m . l o a d L i b r a r y ( U n k n\par
 o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   s u n . s e c u r i t y . a c t i o n . L o a d L i b r a r y A c\par
 t i o n . r u n ( U n k n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
         a t   j a v a . s e c u r i t y . A c c e s s C o n t r o l l e r . d o\par
 P r i v i l e g e d ( N a t i v e   M e t h o d )\par
         a t   j a v a . u t i l . z i p . Z i p F i l e . < c l i n i t > ( U n\par
 k n o w n   S o u r c e )\par
\par

When doing "java -version", this is what displayed:

J:\\jdk1.4\\demo\\jfc\\Font2DTest>java -version\par
  a v a   v e r s i o n   " 1 . 4 . 0 - b e t a "\par
 J a v a ( T M )   2   R u n t i m e   E n v i r o n m e n t ,   S t a n d a r d\par
   E d i t i o n   ( b u i l d   1 . 4 . 0 - b e t a - b 6 4 )\par
 n u l l   ( b u i l d   n u l l ,   m i x e d   m o d e )\par
\par

Comments
CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: mantis merlin-beta2 FIXED IN: mantis INTEGRATED IN: mantis mantis-b08 VERIFIED IN: mantis
14-06-2004

PUBLIC COMMENTS Fixed GetStringPlarform in jni_util.c. Fixed NewPlatformString in java.c Notes: 1) We have fixed jre-intrinsic problems with Hindi. A remaining issue is, that some applications and demos use default-encoding versions of Readers/Writers when reading ASCI Files. For Hindi, the default encoding is utf-16le, which is not an 8-bit superset of ASCI. Therefore, if an applications read an ASCI text file using default-encoding version of FileReader, this application will fail on Hindi-locale. To remedy this, one needs to explicitely specify encoding (i.e. Cp1252) in all reader/writer constructors dealing with ASCI files. 2) javac works fine with hindi encoding, to compile asci files use javac -encoding Cp1252 some_asci_file.java 3) appletviewer fails, when reading ASCI html files on Hindi, EVEN IF -encoding is Cp1252. This is a bug which will be filed against appletviewer. For now, use appletviewer -J-Dfile.encoding=Cp1252 example.html to use appletviewer with ASCI html files. 4) Some java demo applications (SwingSet2) fail. There will be bug filed for this. For now use java -Dfile.encoding=Cp1252 to use failing demo applications (and any other failing applications) on Hindi locale.
10-06-2004

EVALUATION To be fixed. xueming.shen@Eng 2001-07-27 Looks like the FIX does not work, now the error messages is java -jar Java2Demo.jar Error occurred during initialization of VM java.lang.Error: Can't fond java.home ?? The above message shows when doing java -version, for build 73 on Win2000 Hindi locale. Is the fixed integrated in build 73? minchi.tien@eng 2001-07-30 the fix is not in build 73, it will appear in b74. -- Konstantin With b74, here is what I had, on a Hinde enabled Win2000: J:\>which java j:\jdk1.4\bin/java.exe J:\>java -version a v a v e r s i o n " 1 . 4 . 0 - b e t a _ r e f r e s h " J a v a ( T M ) 2 R u n t i m e E n v i r o n m e n t , S t a n d a r d E d i t i o n ( b u i l d 1 . 4 . 0 - b e t a _ r e f r e s h - b 7 4 ) J a v a H o t S p o t ( T M ) C l i e n t V M ( b u i l d 1 . 4 . 0 - b e t a _ r e f r e s h - b 7 4 , m i x e d m o d e ) J:\jdk1.4\demo\jfc>cd Font2DTest J:\jdk1.4\demo\jfc\Font2DTest>java -jar Font2DTest.jar Exception in thread "main" j a v a . u t i l . z i p . Z i p E x c e p t i o n : T h e f i l e n a m e , d i r e c t o r y n a m e , o r v o l u m e l a b e l s y n t a x i s i n c o r r e c t a t j a v a . u t i l . z i p . Z i p F i l e . o p e n ( N a t i v e M e t h o d ) a t j a v a . u t i l . z i p . Z i p F i l e . < i n i t > ( Z i p F i l e . j a v a : 1 1 5 ) a t j a v a . u t i l . j a r . J a r F i l e . < i n i t > ( J a r F i l e . j a v a : 1 2 5 ) a t j a v a . u t i l . j a r . J a r F i l e . < i n i t > ( J a r F i l e . j a v a : 5 9 ) The behavior is different, not fixed. minchi.tien@eng 2001-08-02 Verified in Merlin b75, Win2000, with workaround suggested - appletviewer -J-Dfile.encoding=Cp1252 example.html - java -Dfile.encoding=Cp1252 -jar xxxx.jar it worked. ###@###.### 2001-08-13 I should add here, for Merlin release it should work without the above workaround, after all, Hindi support is one of Merlin Group driver feature. Without fixing the above, nearly nothing works without workaround, which is very inconvenient for users. ###@###.### 2001-08-13 Reopen the bug for real fix ... ###@###.### 2002-10-29 ================================================ Verified with Mantis b08, fixed! ###@###.### 2002-11-21
13-08-2001