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git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/trunk@832697 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappClassLoader.java b/java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappClassLoader.java
index 03eee24..04dc4a5 100644 (file)
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappClassLoader.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/loader/WebappClassLoader.java
@@ -2182,6 +2182,10 @@ public class WebappClassLoader
                     } catch (IOException e) {}
                 }
                 if (fileNeedConvert) {
+                    // Workaround for certain files on platforms that use
+                    // EBCDIC encoding, when they are read through FileInputStream.
+                    // See commit message of rev.303915 for details
+                    // http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=303915
                     String str = new String(binaryContent,0,pos);
                     try {
                         binaryContent = str.getBytes("UTF-8");