JDK-6988055 : Support IDNA2008
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Affected Version: 7
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2010-09-28
  • Updated: 2015-11-25
Description
Our current implementation of the java.net.IDN class is based on the IDNA2003. The revision to the standard is approved in 2010 as IDNA2008 which includes some incompatible changes. The implementation has to accomodate those changes. Here is the link to the FAQ page on unicode.org:

http://unicode.org/faq/idn.html