Hi, On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 18:03, Noa Resare wrote: > Ah, simple I thought. It must be a list in the java class library > specification that tells what the historical names are. Now i know there > is no such list. The Java Class libries Second Edition Volume 1 lists them under the String constructor description. An online copy can be found at: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html in the column "Canonical Name for java.io and java.lang API" Cheers, Mark