Name: bb33257			Date: 10/26/99


The current JDK only allows converters to be added at build time, 
making it difficult or impossible for clients to add their own 
converters.  The entire character converter subclassing API is 
"unsupported" and may change at any time.  Because the API is 
unsupported, the set of available converters varies from platform 
to platform.  Where we agree that the current API has deficiencies, 
it is more important at this point to have some API for this 
functionality, than it is to wait because the API isn't perfect. 


(Review ID: 97048)

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