--- /dev/null	Mon Jan 26 16:14:42 2009
+++ new/test/java/math/BigInteger/UnicodeConstructor.java	Mon Jan 26 16:14:41 2009
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 4040456
+ * @summary Test biginteger constructor with i18n string
+ */
+
+import java.math.*;
+
+/**
+ * This class tests to see if creating a biginteger with an
+ * unicode japanese zero and one succeeds
+ *
+ */
+public class UnicodeConstructor {
+
+      public static void main(String args[]) {
+
+         try {
+             // the code for japanese zero
+             BigInteger b1 = new BigInteger("\uff10");
+             System.err.println(b1.toString());
+
+             // Japanese 1010
+             BigInteger b2 = new BigInteger("\uff11\uff10\uff11\uff10");
+             System.err.println(b2.toString());
+          }
+          catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+              throw new RuntimeException(
+                       "BigInteger is not accepting unicode initializers.");
+          }
+
+     }
+
+}