(9858) Java 1.4.2 URLEncode Encoding?

[User]

While using Java through Tomcat 4.1 and SDK 1.4.2, I am trying to encode a string using the URLEncoder class. When I use this method on the Alpha machine it is appending random "^" symbols in the string. This only happens on OpenVMS and not a PC environment of the same code.

Example:

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String myString = "hello$how are you$123";
String myEncodedString = URLEncoder.encode(myString,"UTF-8")
System.out.println(myEncodedString);

output:

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"hello$how^+are^+you$123";

This should be:

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"hello$how+are+you$123";

Why does this behavior occur?

[Wizard]

Please contact the support, as attempts to reproduce this have failed -- information on the current configuration and the run-time environment, associated product versions and ECOs, and the full JSP will likely be required.