tracker issue : CF-3037149

Problem:

The java.lang.String function toCharArray() returns an array of char primitives in Java. However, in Coldfusion Centaur, it returns an array of java.lang.Character objects instead.


Method:

1) If you run the following code in Java it will display the characters in the text myString. That is, the function toCharArray() returns an array of char primitives. That is the expected behaviour. 

String myString = new String("This is my sample string.");
char[]  myCharArray = myString.toCharArray();
for (int k = 0; k <= myCharArray.length-1; k++){
	System.out.print(myCharArray[k]);
}

2) However, if you run the Coldfusion version of the code, which follows, the function toCharArray() returns an array of java.lang.Character objects instead.

<cfset sampleText = "This is my sample string.">
<cfset myString = createobject("java","java.lang.String").init(javacast("string",sampleText))>
<cfset myCharArray = myString.toCharArray()>
<cfdump var="#myCharArray#">


Result:

----------------------------- Additional Watson Details -----------------------------

Watson Bug ID:	3037149

External Customer Info:
External Company:  
External Customer Name: Alfred Bakia
External Customer Email: 4E2913DC4455DE13992016B6
External Test Config: 12/30/2008

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