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Originally Posted by ihor

well, since I fixed my problem now, I would like to tell what I am trying to do.
Here is the code:

Spoiler:

package com.amazon.ebook.booklet.reader.resources;

import java.util.ListResourceBundle;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ReaderResources_en_US extends ListResourceBundle
{
    static final Object a[][];

    private static String fontSizesStringDefault = "15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35";
    private static int fontSizesDefault[] = new int[] { 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35 }; 
    private static String fontLetterDefault = "a";

    private static int[] fontSizes = fontSizesDefault;
    private static String fontLetter = fontLetterDefault;

    private static void readConfig() 
    {
        FileInputStream fis = null;
        try {
            fis = new FileInputStream("/mnt/us/system/com.amazon.ebook.booklet.reader/fontfix.pref"); 
            Properties p = new Properties();
            p.load(fis);
            fontLetter = p.getProperty("FONT_LETTER", "a");
            String sizes = p.getProperty("FONT_SIZES", fontSizesStringDefault);
            String sArray[] = sizes.split(",");
            fontSizes = new int[sArray.length];
            for (int i = 0; i < sArray.length; ++i) {
                fontSizes[i] = Integer.parseInt(sArray[i]);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            fontLetter = fontLetterDefault;
            fontSizes = fontSizesDefault;
        }
        try {
            if (fis != null) {
                fis.close();
            }
        } 
        catch (IOException ex) {}
    }

    public ReaderResources_en_US()
    {
    }

    static 
    {
        readConfig();
        a = (new Object[][] {
            new Object[] {
                "mobireader.default.font.size.list", fontSizes
            }
        });
    }

    public Object[][] getContents()
    {
        return a;
    }
}

when I comment the line readConfig(); in static constructor - it works fine: I see my font sizes with just letter a.

when I uncomment the line readConfig();, I see - to my surprise - OLD SET OF FONT SIZES. As if there are no absolutely en_US resource.

Question: why does it happen? It seems as if java runtime doesn't want to load this class when it sees a method call in static constructor. but why?

I am not a java programmer, so if anyone can help with this - I'll be grateful.

Check the system logfile. There's probably an unchecked exception being thrown somewhere. Hint: try to catch Throwable, instead of Exception.

As to the code, there is nothing that looks immediately wrong. My guess is the String.split() method - the Kindles do not support regexes (I have also been bitten by this a few times). Try to use a StringTokenizer instead. And note that Integer.parseInt() may also throw an unchecked exception.