JDK-4290109 : RFE: Need support for Solaris locale ru_RU.ANSI1251.
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.nio.charsets
  • Affected Version: 1.3.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: solaris_8
  • CPU: sparc
  • Submitted: 1999-11-10
  • Updated: 2001-06-20
  • Resolved: 2001-06-20
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-4194488 - RFE: jdk should support the ru.ansi-1251 character encoding
Relates :  
JDK-4323637 - RFE: Support for Russian Solaris 8 locale ru_RU.ANSI1251
Description
Running with JDK 1.3 pre-FCS build M.  Source code is attached.  When
run the test window has 5 tabs in a TabbedPane: (1) "AWT Labels",
(2) "AWT TextFields", (3) "Swing Components", (4) "Java2D Stroke", and
(5) "Java2D Fill".  Each of the panes presents an string using
(1) Plain, (2) Italic, (3) Bold, and (4) BoldItalic fonts.  Generic fonts
are used: (1) Serif, (2) SansSerif, (3) Monospaced, (4) Dialog, and
(5) DialogInput.

algol.eng.sun.com% uname -a
SunOS algol.eng.sun.com 5.8 s28_34 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2

The tests were run, logging into the language environments 
ru_RU.ANSI1251

algol% setenv JAVA_HOME /net/ultraowl.eng/export/ultraowl2/jdk13x/sparc/jdk1.3_M
algol% FontTest.ksh
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/ClassNotFoundException: sun/io/ByteToCharansi-1251
Java HotSpot (TM) Client VM warning: Setting of property "java.compiler" is ignored
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/ClassNotFoundException: sun/io/ByteToCharansi-1251


allan.jacobs@Eng 1999-11-10
Comments
EVALUATION Same as 4194488, an additional alias is required for the Solaris identifier for the default encoding in the ru_RU.ANSI1251 locale. Font support for this locale is also tracked into RFE 4323637 Ian.Little@Ireland 6/20/2001
20-06-2001