Bug ID: JDK-4393099 Need CharToByte and ByteToChar converters for x-compound-text encoding

Type: Bug
Component: core-libs
Sub-Component: java.nio.charsets
Affected Version: 1.2.1,1.3.0,1.4.0

Priority: P3
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed
OS:
generic,solaris_2.5.1,solaris_7,solaris_8 generic,solaris_2.5.1,solaris_7,solaris_8
CPU: generic,sparc

Submitted: 2000-11-28
Updated: 2001-03-20
Resolved: 2001-03-20

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1.4.0 betaFixed

The putback for the merlin implict text conversions project (BugID 4258903)
assumes that X11-COMPOUND_TEXT is a fully supported encoding in the Sun JRE.
However, converters for this encoding have not yet been written. Attempts to
transfer text between two Solaris or Linux JVMs will generate the following
(non-fatal) exception:

java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException: X11-COMPOUND_TEXT
        at sun.io.Converters.getConverterClass(Converters.java:107)
        at sun.io.Converters.newConverter(Converters.java:138)
        at sun.io.CharToByteConverter.getConverter(CharToByteConverter.java:67)
        at java.lang.String.getCTBConverter(String.java:157)
        at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java:685)
        at sun.awt.datatransfer.DataTransferer.translateTransferable(DataTransferer.java:647)
        at sun.awt.datatransfer.DataTransferer$4.run(DataTransferer.java:1219)
        at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:154)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:421)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEvent(EventDispatchThread.java:140)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:126)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:121)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:99)

Once these converters are putback, the transfer of international text on
Solaris and Linux should be trivial.

Note that the encoding name 'X11-COMPOUND_TEXT' is preliminary and may need
to be changed to conform with MIME standards.

CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: merlin-beta FIXED IN: merlin-beta INTEGRATED IN: merlin-beta

14-06-2004

EVALUATION The Drag & Drop team has committed to implementing these converters for merlin. david.mendenhall@east 2000-11-28 Note that RFC 1700 available at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1700.txt does not list compound text as a standard charset registered with IANA. Therefore, we should either register the charset with IANA (unlikely) or prefix the name we eventually use with "x-". I propose that the primary encoding name be "x-compound-text" with the following aliases: COMPOUND_TEXT x-compound_text X11-COMPOUND_TEXT (historical) david.mendenhall@east 2001-02-01 Implementation completed. Update to java.nio APIs will be done for tiger. david.mendenhall@east 2001-03-14

01-02-2001

Duplicate :	JDK-4404190 - can't input type Thai text in Stylepad or other jTextArea app
Duplicate :	JDK-4397953 - Java Plug-in Merlin build 44 Applet usability's copy button in Java Console fail
Duplicate :	JDK-4219272 - Sol: drag & drop from CDE native application, to support non-latin string
Duplicate :	JDK-4313838 - Win&Sol Japanese:DnD from native app doesn't work with selectBestTextFlavor
Duplicate :	JDK-4413302 - java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException when using Forte for Java with Merlin
Relates :	JDK-4258903 - Transferring text via DnD and Clipboard is too difficult
Relates :	JDK-4718897 - Clipboard context does not work correctly on Solaris
Relates :	JDK-4351203 - sun.awt.motif.CharToByteX11CNS11643P* converters not up to spec