Index: hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestCase.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestCase.java (revision 1409651) +++ hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestCase.java (working copy) @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase; import java.io.IOException; -import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; import java.util.NavigableMap; @@ -90,12 +89,7 @@ private void init() { conf = HBaseConfiguration.create(); - try { - START_KEY = new String(START_KEY_BYTES, HConstants.UTF8_ENCODING); - } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { - LOG.fatal("error during initialization", e); - fail(); - } + START_KEY = new String(START_KEY_BYTES, HConstants.UTF8_CHARSET); } /**