Normalize the use of unicode strings

tcalmant / python-javaobj

Extended fork of python-javaobj from http://code.google.com/p/python-javaobj/

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Normalize the use of unicode strings #26

Closed tcalmant closed 5 years ago

tcalmant commented 5 years ago

Currently, javaobj is loading Java strings as str objects. This is OK in Python 3, but wrong in Python 2. All strings loaded from a Java serialized file should be of type unicode in Python 2.

Important note: this can break some existing code...

tcalmant commented 5 years ago

Fixed in commits:

4009115 Added a to_unicode() utility method
934afc9 JavaString inherits UNICODE_TYPE instead of str
2d47d22 Tested strings must be in unicode

Note: Now, JavaString inherits from unicode in Python 2 instead of str. Nothing changes in Python 3.