Try adding the @encoding to you <javac> in ant:
encoding="UTF-8"
For example:
<javac .......
encoding="UTF-8">
2012/4/7 HaYa aziz <[email protected]>:
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> Dear All..
> In building a Nutch plug-in, I used to declare a string of Arabic word
> while compiling using ant, I'm getting this error :
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> "unmappable character for encoding UTF-8"
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> trying the following but with no luck :
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> String s = new String ("النوع");//the Arabic word
> byte[] utf8Bytes = s.getBytes("UTF8");
> byte[] defaultBytes = s.getBytes();
> s = new String(utf8Bytes, "UTF8");
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> the exception appear in every singe Arabic character
>
> any help?
>
> Thanks
>