[HADOOP-9801] Configuration#writeXml uses platform defaulting encoding, which may mishandle multi-byte characters.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1-win, 1.3.0, 2.1.1-beta, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 1-win, 1.3.0, 2.1.1-beta
• Component/s: conf
• Target Version/s: 1-win, 1.3.0, 2.1.1-beta
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Chris Nauroth
• Reporter: Chris Nauroth
• Created: 30/Jul/13 17:37
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:27
• Resolved: 01/Aug/13 20:31

Description

The overload of Configuration#writeXml that accepts an OutputStream does not set encoding explicitly, so it chooses the platform default encoding. Depending on the platform's default encoding, this can cause incorrect output data when encoding multi-byte characters.