Java.nio, FileChannel, FileLock conundrum...

Hey all--
I want to have multiple java machines on multiple clients to access a singe file. I want the first java machine to access it to lock the file so only it can write to the file. Other machines may come in later and read it.
Here's the trouble. If I simply access the file as, say, a RandomAccessFile in "rw" mode. All the clients may read and write to their hearts desire without throwing and exception.
So I found that if I obtain a FileChannel from the RandomAccessFile, I can tryLock(0,Long.MAX_VALUE,true) to obtain a Shared Lock.
Here's the trouble. A client can obtain the lock and prevent others from writing to it successfully while allowing them to read from it...great!. HOWEVER, even though that particular client has the lock, the client can't write to the file either!
myRandomAccessFile.write() methods NOR myRandomAccessFile.getChannel().write(myByteBuffer);NOR
FileLock myFileLock =myRandomAccessFile.getChannel().tryLock(0,Long.MAX_VALUE,true);
FileChannel lockedChannel = myFileLock.channel();
lockedChannel.write(myByteBuffer);all of these throw a java.io.IOException "The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file"
I'm only running one process and one virtual machine. I also checked to make sure myFileLock != null and that myFileLock.isValid()==true So does obtaining a filelock also prevent my OWN program from writing to the file?! If so what's the use of a filelock? Because in order to write to the channel upon whose lock I have, I'd have to release the lock which would allow any other clients the ability to write to it concurrently.
Thanks for the help! The documentation seems a bit sparse on this...

I know they say it's platform dependent. But what's weird is that I know native Windows and native Mac apps (the two systems this program will run on) both allow the type of lock I describe. Yet, at least on Java on Windows, this locking system doesn't work.
"FileLock protects against other locks."
So this would be great too! It would at least let me sense when another jvm from a different machine was accessing my file and I, as the programmer, could say if someone else has a lock, my app won't do any writing.
The problem is that the only locks I appear to be able to get are 1) exclusive lock that boots everyone from coming within a Gigabyte of the file... or
2) a shared lock that let's no one write including the locker of the file.
Even if it doesn't let me have a "everybody read, only I write" lock, I wish it let me have a lock that just said, "someone's currently accessing the file besides you"...then I could fill in, "so don't do any writing."
Which brings me to what you said that's kind of exciting "Also be aware that you can lock bytes beyond the end of the file:"
So if I lock a RandomAccessFile only at the byte Long.MAX_VALUE-1, other's would be able to see that lock, even though that aspect of the file on others file systems didn't even exist? Because if so, you've answered my question. That would let me write and read the rest of the file but still have other apps detect whether there was a lock on the file or not.
I suppose I could also just lock the first byte of the file and ask the same question. I'm going to play around with that and see if it works.

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* (c) 2004 Trumpet, Inc.
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Java.nio package Runtime error java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError.

Hi
I am using nio package and create a java program for file locking (FileLocking.java).
Here is the sample
try {
file = new File("C:/acc.txt");
channel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw").getChannel();
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try {
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catch (OverlappingFileLockException e) {
return true;
using wsad 5.1 and jdk1.4 i compiled this program.
While executing i got the following runtime error..
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: FileLocking (Unsupported major.minor version 48.0)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:703)
     at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:133)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:319)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$400(URLClassLoader.java:92)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader$ClassFinder.run(URLClassLoader.java:677)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:238)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:516)
     at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:441)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:448)
Exception in thread "main"
Even if i try to recompile it in command prompt and run, i got the same error.
please suggest me how can i overcome this problem.

UnsupportedClassVersionError means that you are trying to execute a class for a newer version of the JVM on an older version of the JVM.
Version 48.0 is for Java 1.4, so you have compiled your class with JDK 1.4.
The computer you are trying to run the class on, has an older version of Java than 1.4 - check it!
Try recompiling your source files with the "-target" switch, for example if you're running on Java 1.3, try compiling with:
javac -target 1.3 ... FileLocking.java

Using java.nio

I have copied this, one program from a book that would have to read file of gives to me to you mixed but it does not work, you could me why?
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
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inFile = new FileInputStream(aFile);
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e.printStackTrace(System.err);
System.exit(1);
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buf.get(strChars); // Extract string & binary prime value
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new String(strChars) + " Binary value: " + buf.getLong());
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inFile.close(); // Close the file and the channel
} catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
System.exit(1);
System.exit(0);
This e' the program that writes the file
import java.io.*;
import java.nio.*;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
public class PrimesToFile2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int primesRequired = 100; // Default count
if (args.length > 0) {
try {
primesRequired = Integer.valueOf(args[0]).intValue();
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
System.out.println("Prime count value invalid. Using default of "
+ primesRequired);
long[] primes = new long[primesRequired]; // Array to store primes
primes[0] = 2; // Seed the first prime
primes[1] = 3; // and the second
// Count of primes found - up to now, which is also the array index
int count = 2;
long number = 5; // Next integer to be tested
outer:
for (; count < primesRequired; number += 2) {
// The maximum divisor we need to try is square root of number
long limit = (long) Math.ceil(Math.sqrt((double) number));
// Divide by all the primes we have up to limit
for (int i = 1; i < count && primes[i] <= limit; i++)
if (number % primes[i] == 0) // Is it an exact divisor?
continue outer; // yes, try the next number
primes[count++] = number; // We got one!
File aFile = new File("C:/Beg Java Stuff/primes.txt");
FileOutputStream outputFile = null;
try {
outputFile = new FileOutputStream(aFile);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
System.exit(1);
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ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(BUFFERSIZE);
DoubleBuffer doubleBuf = buf.asDoubleBuffer();
buf.position(8);
CharBuffer charBuf = buf.asCharBuffer();
LongBuffer longBuf = null;
String primeStr = null;
for (int i = 0; i < primes.length; i++) {
primeStr = "prime = " + primes; // Create the string
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charBuf.put(primeStr); // Store the string
buf.position(2 * charBuf.position() + 8); // Position for 3rd buffer
longBuf = buf.asLongBuffer(); // Create the buffer
longBuf.put(primes[i]); // Store the binary long value
buf.position(buf.position() + 8); // Set position after last value
buf.flip(); // and flip
try {
file.write(buf); // Write the buffer as before.
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
System.exit(1);
buf.clear();
doubleBuf.clear();
charBuf.clear();
try {
System.out.println("File written is " + file.size() + " bytes.");
outputFile.close(); // Close the file and its channel
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
System.exit(1);
System.exit(0);
This works correctly

I don't have problems when I compile the program but if I run the program ....I have this
String length: 9 String: prim Binary value: 7277852183226228736
String length: 0 String: Binary value: 162166969980682240
String length: 0 String: Binary value: 7854388801345436928
String length: 0 String: Binary value: 3573983215616
Stjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.nio.ByteBuffer.allocate(ByteBuffer.java:303)
at ReadPrimesMixedData.main(ReadPrimesMixedData.java:35)
ring length: 0 String: Binary value: 7566167222444367872
String length: 0 String: Binary value: 88089088
String length: 0 String: Binary value: 8214681170873443584
String length: 0 String: Binary value: 1856
String length: 0 String: Binary value: 8070575878335130880
Exception in thread "main"

File Locking using java.nio package

I am trying to lock a file using FileChannel's lock method on a CIFS file system. My application is on windows and the CIFS is accessed using UNC format ( \\1.2.3.4\blah.. ). I get the following error
     java.io.IOException: The network request is not supported
     at sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.lock0(Native Method)
     at sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.lock(FileChannelImpl.java:750)
     at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.lock(FileChannel.java:865)
From the same machine using the same UNC formatm, when I lock the file using windows C API, I can successfull lock.
Anyone has any idea why JVM can not lock even using nio package. Shouldnt it use the same ( or similar ) API under the hood as its clear by the package name java.nio
The C program I am using is
#include <io.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/locking.h>
#include <share.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
void main( int argc, char **argv )
int fh,numread;
char buffer[40];
char filename[500];
/* Quit if can't open file or system doesn't
* support sharing.
if ( argc > 1 )
          strcpy(filename,argv[1]);
else
          strcpy(filename,"locking.c");
fh = sopen(filename , O_RDWR, SHDENYNO, //_SH_DENYRW,
SIREAD | SIWRITE );
if( fh == -1 )
exit( 1 );
/* Lock some bytes and read them. Then unlock. */
if( locking( fh, LKNBLCK, 30L ) != -1 )
printf( "No one can change these bytes while I'm reading them\n" );
numread = _read( fh, buffer, 30 );
printf( "%d bytes read: %.30s\n", numread, buffer );
lseek( fh, 0L, SEEK_SET );
     printf( "Press a key to unlock the file.....\n" );
     getchar();
     locking( fh, LKUNLCK, 30L );
printf( "Now I'm done. Do what you will with them\n" );
else
perror( "Locking failed\n" );
_close( fh );
}

It uses LockFile and LockFileEx. Please check in the MSDN documentation the peculiarities of such APIs.
JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
Java_sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_lock0(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jobject fdo,
                                      jboolean block, jlong pos, jlong size,
                                      jboolean shared)
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    HANDLE h = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd);
    DWORD lowPos = (DWORD)pos;
    long highPos = (long)(pos >> 32);
    DWORD lowNumBytes = (DWORD)size;
    DWORD highNumBytes = (DWORD)(size >> 32);
    jint result = 0;
    if (onNT) {
        DWORD flags = 0;
        OVERLAPPED o;
        o.hEvent = 0;
        o.Offset = lowPos;
        o.OffsetHigh = highPos;
        if (block == JNI_FALSE) {
            flags |= LOCKFILE_FAIL_IMMEDIATELY;
        if (shared == JNI_FALSE) {
            flags |= LOCKFILE_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK;
        result = LockFileEx(h, flags, 0, lowNumBytes, highNumBytes, &o);
        if (result == 0) {
            int error = GetLastError();
            if (error != ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION) {
                JNU_ThrowIOExceptionWithLastError(env, "Lock failed");
                return sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_NO_LOCK;
            if (flags & LOCKFILE_FAIL_IMMEDIATELY) {
                return sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_NO_LOCK;
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            return sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_NO_LOCK;
        return sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_LOCKED;
    } else {
        for(;;) {
            if (size > 0x7fffffff) {
                size = 0x7fffffff;
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            highNumBytes = 0;
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                    return sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_RET_EX_LOCK;
                } else {
                    return sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_LOCKED;
            } else {
                int error = GetLastError();
                if (error != ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION) {
                    JNU_ThrowIOExceptionWithLastError(env, "Lock failed");
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                if (block == JNI_FALSE) {
                    return sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_NO_LOCK;
            Sleep(100);
    return sun_nio_ch_FileChannelImpl_NO_LOCK;
}

Java.nio select() method return 0 in my client application

Hello,
I'm developing a simple chat application who echo messages
But my client application loop because the select() method return 0
This is my code
// SERVER
package test;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
import java.nio.channels.Selector;
import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
public class Server {
     private int port = 5001;
     public void work() {
          try {
               ServerSocketChannel serverSocketChannel = ServerSocketChannel.open();
               serverSocketChannel.configureBlocking(false);
               InetSocketAddress isa = new InetSocketAddress(port);
               serverSocketChannel.socket().bind(isa);
               Selector selector = Selector.open();
               serverSocketChannel.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_ACCEPT);
               System.out.println("Listing on "+port);
               while(selector.select()>0) {
                    Set keys = selector.selectedKeys();
                    for(Iterator i = keys.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
                         SelectionKey key = (SelectionKey) i.next();
                         i.remove();
                         if (key.isAcceptable()) {
                              ServerSocketChannel keyChannel = (ServerSocketChannel)key.channel();
                              SocketChannel channel = keyChannel.accept();
                              channel.configureBlocking(false);
                              channel.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_READ );
                         } else if (key.isReadable()) {
                              SocketChannel keyChannel = (SocketChannel) key.channel();
                              String m = Help.read(keyChannel );
                              Help.write(m.toUpperCase(), keyChannel );
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          Server s = new Server();
          s.work();
// CLIENT
package test;
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
import java.nio.channels.Selector;
import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Client extends JFrame {
     private String host = "localhost";
     private int port = 5001;
     private SocketChannel socketChannel;
     private Selector selector;
     public void work() {
          try {
               socketChannel = SocketChannel.open();
               socketChannel.configureBlocking(false);
               InetSocketAddress isa = new InetSocketAddress(host, port);
               socketChannel.connect(isa);
               selector = Selector.open();
               socketChannel.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_CONNECT | SelectionKey.OP_READ );
               while(true) {
                    selector.select();
                    Set keys = selector.selectedKeys();
                    for(Iterator i = keys.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
                         SelectionKey key = (SelectionKey) i.next();
                         i.remove();
                         if (key.isConnectable()) {
                              SocketChannel keyChannel = (SocketChannel) key.channel();
                              if (keyChannel.isConnectionPending()) {
                                   System.out.println("Connected "+keyChannel.finishConnect());
                         } else if (key.isReadable()) {
                              SocketChannel keyChannel = (SocketChannel) key.channel();
                              String m = Help.read(keyChannel);
                              display(m);
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     private void display(final String m) {
          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
               public void run() {
                    area.append(m+"\n");
                    textFieed.setText("");
     private void sendMessage(final String m) {
          Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
               public void run() {
                    try {
                         Help.write(m, socketChannel);
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
          t.start();
     public Client() {
          addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
                    System.exit(1);
          textFieed.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
               public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
                    if (e.getKeyCode()== KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
                         String m = textFieed.getText();
                         sendMessage(m);
          area.setEditable(false);
          getContentPane().add(textFieed, "North");
          getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(area));
          setBounds(200, 200, 400, 300);
          show();
     private String messageToSend;
     private JTextArea area = new JTextArea();
     JTextField textFieed = new JTextField();
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          Client s = new Client();
          s.work();
// HELPER CLASS
package test;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.CharBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder;
public class Help {
     private static Charset charset = Charset.forName("us-ascii");
     private static CharsetEncoder enc = charset.newEncoder();
     private static CharsetDecoder dec = charset.newDecoder();
     private static void log(String m) {
          System.out.println(m);
     public static String read(SocketChannel channel) throws IOException {
          log("*** start READ");
          int n;
          ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
          while((n = channel.read(buffer)) > 0) {
               System.out.println("     adding "+n+" bytes");
          log(" BUFFER REMPLI : "+buffer);
          buffer.flip();
          CharBuffer cb = dec.decode(buffer);
          log(" CHARBUFFER : "+cb);
          String m = cb.toString();
          log(" MESSAGE : "+m);
          log("*** end READ");
          //buffer.clear();
          return m;
     public static void write(String m, SocketChannel channel) throws IOException {
          log("xxx start WRITE");
          CharBuffer cb = CharBuffer.wrap(m);
          log(" CHARBUFFER : "+cb);
          ByteBuffer buffer = enc.encode(cb);
          log(" BUFFER ALLOUE REMPLI : "+buffer);
          int n;
          while(buffer.hasRemaining()) {
               n = channel.write(buffer);
          System.out.println(" REMAINING : "+buffer.hasRemaining());
          log("xxx end WRITE");

Here's the fix for that old problem. Change the work method to do the following
- don't register interest in things that can't happen
- when you connect register based on whether the connection is complete or pending.
- add the OP_READ interest once the connection is complete.
This doesn't fix all the other problems this code will have,
eg.
- what happens if a write is incomplete?
- why does my code loop if I add OP_WRITE interest?
- why does my interestOps or register method block?
For code that answers all those questions see my obese post Taming the NIO Circus
Here's the fixed up Client code
// CLIENT
package test
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
import java.nio.channels.Selector;
import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Client extends JFrame {
     private String host = "localhost";
     private int port = 5001;
     private SocketChannel socketChannel;
     private Selector selector;
     public void work() {
          try {
               socketChannel = SocketChannel.open();
               socketChannel.configureBlocking(false);
               InetSocketAddress isa = new InetSocketAddress(host, port);
               socketChannel.connect(isa);
               selector = Selector.open();
               int interest = 0;
               if(socketChannel.isConnected())interest = SelectionKey.OP_READ;
               else if(socketChannel.isConnectionPending())interest = SelectionKey.OP_CONNECT;
               socketChannel.register(selector, interest);
               while(true)
                    int nn = selector.select();
                    System.out.println("nn="+nn);
                    Set keys = selector.selectedKeys();
                    for(Iterator i = keys.iterator(); i.hasNext();)
                         SelectionKey key = (SelectionKey) i.next();
                         i.remove();
                         if (key.isConnectable())
                              SocketChannel keyChannel = (SocketChannel) key.channel();
                              System.out.println("Connected "+keyChannel.finishConnect());
                              key.interestOps(SelectionKey.OP_READ);
                         if (key.isReadable())
                              SocketChannel keyChannel = (SocketChannel) key.channel();
                              String m = Help.read(keyChannel);
                              display(m);
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     private void display(final String m) {
          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
               public void run() {
                    area.append(m+"\n");
                    textFieed.setText("");
     private void sendMessage(final String m) {
          Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
               public void run() {
                    try {
                         Help.write(m, socketChannel);
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
          t.start();
     public Client() {
          addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
                    System.exit(1);
          textFieed.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
               public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
                    if (e.getKeyCode()== KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
                         String m = textFieed.getText();
                         sendMessage(m);
          area.setEditable(false);
          getContentPane().add(textFieed, "North");
          getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(area));
          setBounds(200, 200, 400, 300);
          show();
     private String messageToSend;
     private JTextArea area = new JTextArea();
     JTextField textFieed = new JTextField();
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          Client s = new Client();
          s.work();

Problematic frame: # J java.nio.MappedByteBuffer.load()

Helo all...
I'm getting an error when generating a PDF using BIRT Framework in Eclipse. Nothing fancy, just compiling a simple report to pdf.
The problem is, the JVM crashes with the following error:
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
# EXCEPTION_IN_PAGE_ERROR (0xc0000006) at pc=0x0190f0be, pid=5848, tid=2392
# JRE version: 7.0_09-b05
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (23.5-b02 mixed mode, sharing windows-x86 )
**# Problematic frame:
# J java.nio.MappedByteBuffer.load()Ljava/nio/MappedByteBuffer;**
# Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# C:\Users\luis\Desktop\teste\birt\hs_err_pid5848.log
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
I already tried:
1. Run the program in another computers - it worked
2. Reinstall Java on the computer - It did nothing
3. I check the integrity of the disk C: - Nothing
I already spent two days trying to fix this and I don't have any progress. I can't find a solution on the web either.
Thanks in advance

Thanks for the help.
But it can not be related to BIRT because it works in every other computer that I tried so far. There is only one computer that not works properly.
If it were BIRT's fault, it wouldn't work in any computer.
Thanks again

Converting from CP1252 (Windows) to ISO 8859-1 doesn't work with java.nio?

Hi
I'm trying to write some code that checks whether an InputStream contains only characters with a given encoding. I'm using java.nio for that. For tests, I downloaded some character set examples from http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/csettables.html
When creating the CharsetDecoder, I want to get all errors:
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Any help is greatly appreciated!
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As a suggestion....create a complete example demonstrating the problem. It shouldn't have channel in it since that wouldn't appear to be the problem (decoding is.) You should create the byte array in the example code - populate it with the byte sequence that you think should work. And your code should then demonstrate that it doesn't. Then post that.

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