The String.toUpperCase() or String.toLowerCase() method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale independently. The use of the two methods had been cleaned before, but there are a few new introduced laterly.
See https://www.ivi.co/java/2011/07/07/4878.html for examples. ------------- Commit messages: - 8282279: Interpret case-insensitive string locale independently Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7583/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=7583&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8282279 Stats: 18 lines in 5 files changed: 5 ins; 0 del; 13 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7583.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/7583/head:pull/7583 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7583