diff -r 784aaf9ee179 -r ef50c4f07e4f vm/src/test/java/org/apidesign/vm4brwsr/StringSample.java
--- a/vm/src/test/java/org/apidesign/vm4brwsr/StringSample.java	Mon Jan 28 12:18:24 2013 +0100
+++ b/vm/src/test/java/org/apidesign/vm4brwsr/StringSample.java	Tue Feb 12 12:07:55 2013 +0100
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apidesign.vm4brwsr;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
 /**
  *
  * @author Jaroslav Tulach <jtulach@netbeans.org>
@@ -68,8 +70,8 @@
         return chars('a', (char)30, 'b') instanceof String;
     }
     
-    public static String getBytes(String s) {
-        byte[] arr = s.getBytes();
+    public static String getBytes(String s) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        byte[] arr = s.getBytes("UTF-8");
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
             sb.append(arr[i]).append(" ");