[icu-support] Problem rendering Malayalam characters

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Hi ICU Support,
Our Java application is having a problem rendering certain 
characters in the Malayalam language.  A ligature is not 
being formed for a particular character sequence which 
prevents the correct rendering of a particular letter. 
 The sequence includes these unicode characters, 0D28 0D4D 
200D, which should form the Malayalam letter "Chillu N". 
 It seems that the "Zero Width Joiner" (200D) is not being 
interpreted correctly.  We are using a font called 
"Kartika" which includes the correct glyph substitution 
data for this sequence.
This issue has been logged as Java bug 7017058.
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7017058
I am wondering if there has been any communication from 
Sun/Oracle on this issue.  This is a very critical problem 
for our Indian customers.  Do you have any idea how long 
it might take for something like this to be fixed?
I'm including two short examples.  The .html example 
correctly renders the sequence, while the .java examples 
does not.

Thanks,
Bill

MalayalamTest.html
==================
<html>
     <head>
         <title>Malayalam Test</title>
     </head>

     <body>
     <font face="Kartika">
         <h3>Testing glyph substitution for Malayalam 
language</h3>
         <br>

         <h1>&#x0D2C;&#x0D3E;&#x0D32;&#x0D28;&#x0D4D;</h1>
         <code>0D2C 0D3E 0D32 0D28 0D4D</code>
         <br><br><br>
         <h1>&#x0D2C;&#x0D3E;&#x0D32;&#x0D28;&#x0D4D;&#x200D;</h1>
         <code>0D2C 0D3E 0D32 0D28 0D4D 200D</code>
         <br>
         The last three unicode characters form a ligature 
(glyph substitution)
     </font>
     </body>
</html>

MalayalamTest.java
==================
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.font.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class MalayalamTest extends JFrame
{
     private static String[] TEXT =
     {
         "Testing glyph substitution for Malayalam 
language.",
         "\u0D2C\u0D3E\u0D32\u0D28\u0D4D",
         "0D2C 0D3E 0D32 0D28 0D4D",
         "\u0D2C\u0D3E\u0D32\u0D28\u0D4D\u200D",
         "0D2C 0D3E 0D32 0D28 0D4D 200D",
     };

     private static Font font;

     public static void main(String[] args)
       throws Exception
     {
         UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

         // set the language to Malayalam
         Locale.setDefault(new Locale("ml"));
         // create the rendering font
         HashMap attrs = new HashMap();
         attrs.put(TextAttribute.LIGATURES, 
TextAttribute.LIGATURES_ON);
         attrs.put(TextAttribute.KERNING, 
  TextAttribute.KERNING_ON);

         font = new Font("Kartika", Font.PLAIN, 
24).deriveFont(attrs);
         // display the test JFrame
         MalayalamTest f = new MalayalamTest();
         f.setTitle("Malayalam Test");
         f.setSize(600, 500);
         f.setForeground(Color.black);
         f.show();
     }

     public void paint(Graphics g)
     {
         Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
         FontRenderContext frc = 
g2.getFontRenderContext();

         for (int i = 0; i < TEXT.length; i++)
         {
             String text = TEXT[i];
             int x = 10;
             int y = 60 + 40*i + 20*((i+1)/2);

             // render using TextLayout
             TextLayout layout = new TextLayout(text, 
font, frc);
             layout.draw(g2, x, y);
             // render using GlyphVector
//            GlyphVector gv = font.layoutGlyphVector(frc, 
text.toCharArray(), 0,
//                                 text.length(), 
Font.LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
//            g2.drawGlyphVector(gv, x, y);
         }
     }
}

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