Unable to handle Emojis in DevTest Workstation

Products

• CA Application Test

Issue/Introduction

When trying to set this Emoji characters "😋😉😎😍😉😙😣👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👨‍👩‍👦‍👦" to the step in DevTest Workstation, (Example. HTTP/HTML Request step's URL Parameters) , then the characters were broken after copy and paste this Emoji characters like below:

 

Is it possible to display the suitable Emoji characters in DevTest components?

Environment

Release: Service Virtualization 10.7.2 or newer
Component: Workstation

Resolution

The Java which is included in DevTest installer is 1.8.0_102-b14. This version of Java did not support Emoji. However Java 1.8.0_201 supports Emoji.

Then get the suitable Emoji characters then need to upgrade Java version for DevTest from 1.8.0_102-b14 to 1.8.0_201 following steps:

1. Install JDK 8u201
2. Rename LISA_HOME/jre to LISA_HOME/jre_org
3. Copy jre1.8.9_201 folder/directory below the install folder/directory in step 1 to LISA_HOME and rename to jre
4. Copy JDK_HOME/lib/tools.jar to LISA_HOME/jre/ext
5. Restart DevTest Components

Then the DevTest Workstation can display the Emoji characters like below: