[11u] Request for Approval: Backport of 8209576: java.nio.file.Files.writeString writes garbled UTF-16 instead of UTF-8

[Deepak Kejriwal]

Hi,

 

Please approve the backport of 8209576 to 11u.

 

BugHYPERLINK "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8209576": https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK- 8209576

JDK Change set: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/rev/8dfed4387312

JDK Review Thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2018-August/054916.html

 

Changes applied cleanly to jdk11u. 

All the related testing is done and is a pass (Mach5 Jobid: dkejriwa-jdk11u-20181018-1326-6846)

 

Regards,

Deepak