JDK-8173074 : Release Note: Removal of native2ascii tool
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: tools
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Delivered
  • Submitted: 2017-01-19
  • Updated: 2020-06-22
  • Resolved: 2017-09-22
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JDK 9
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Description
native2ascii tool is removed in JDK 9.  JDK 9 supports UTF-8 based properties resource bundles (see [JEP 226](http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/226) and the conversion for UTF-8 based properties resource bundles to ISO-8859-1 is no longer needed.