Bug ID: JDK-8211839 java.nio.file.Files.writeString writes garbled UTF-16 instead of UTF-8

Type: Backport
Backport of: JDK-8209576
Component: core-libs
Sub-Component: java.nio.charsets
Affected Version: 11

Priority: P3
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed

Submitted: 2018-10-08
Updated: 2018-11-05
Resolved: 2018-10-19

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JDK 11	JDK 12
11.0.2 b02Fixed	12Fixed

[~jeff] Please use the master bug for fix requests.

16-10-2018

11u Fix Request: This is TCK-red issue. Currently three JCK testcases are failing and have to be excluded. The fix is a one-line change and will apply cleanly (from the fix in 12) since the source code is identical. The test shall apply cleanly as well since the original test was added in 11.

11-10-2018