[jira] Assigned: (DIRSERVER-1009) ASN.1 decoder does not use UTF-8 encoding for strings

["Emmanuel Lecharny (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-1009?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Emmanuel Lecharny reassigned DIRSERVER-1009:
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    Assignee: Emmanuel Lecharny

> ASN.1 decoder does not use UTF-8 encoding for strings
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>
>                 Key: DIRSERVER-1009
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-1009
>             Project: Directory ApacheDS
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: asn1
>    Affects Versions: 1.5.0
>         Environment: JDK 1.6, WinXP
>            Reporter: Klemen Zagar
>            Assignee: Emmanuel Lecharny
>
> Currently, LDAP ASN.1 decoder transforms byte[] to String via calls such as:
>   String any = new String( tlv.getValue().getData() );
>   (source: /ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/shared/ldap/codec/actions/StoreAnyAction.java, line 74)
> This uses some default encoding, though according to LDAP RFC, UTF-8 should always be used (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt, section 4.1.2).
> I recommend that the following code be used for converting byte[] to String:
>   // static variable containing the UTF8 encoder
>   private static final Charset UTF8 = Charset.forName("UTF8");
>   // wherever byte[]->string conversion is needed
>   String any = UTF8.decode(tlv.getValue().getData()).toString();
> From user's perspective, the problem is that non-ASCII characters in search filters are messed up, and search doesn't return any results.

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