FULL PRODUCT VERSION :


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When i am using  the below statement

Font  f = new Font(Map attributes);

Than with JDK1.4/1.5 it is working fine but if i use this statement with JDK1.6 than it is throwing below exception:

java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator$Attribute
	at sun.font.AttributeValues.merge(AttributeValues.java:305)
	at sun.font.AttributeValues.fromMap(AttributeValues.java:341)
	at java.awt.Font.<init>(Font.java:645)



REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

Release Regression From : 6
The above release value was the last known release where this 
bug was not reproducible. Since then there has been a regression.