2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/test/abstract_unit.rb b/activesupport/test/abstract_unit.rb
index 62105da49c..65de48a7f6 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Thread.abort_on_exception = true
 # Show backtraces for deprecated behavior for quicker cleanup.
 ActiveSupport::Deprecation.debug = true
 
+# Skips the current run on Rubinius using Minitest::Assertions#skip
 def rubinius_skip(message = '')
   skip message if RUBY_ENGINE == 'rbx'
 end
+
+# Skips the current run on JRuby using Minitest::Assertions#skip
+def jruby_skip(message = '')
+  skip message if RUBY_ENGINE == 'jruby'
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/inflector_test.rb b/activesupport/test/inflector_test.rb
index 1bb2d7e920..32739d45a9 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/inflector_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/inflector_test.rb
@@ -230,25 +230,35 @@ class InflectorTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+# FIXME: get following tests to pass on jruby, currently skipped
+#
+# Currently this fails because ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Unicode#tidy_bytes
+# required a specific Encoding::Converter(UTF-8 to UTF8-MAC) which unavailable on JRuby
+# causing our tests to error out.
+# related bug http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-7194
   def test_parameterize
+    jruby_skip "UTF-8 to UTF8-MAC Converter is unavailable"
     StringToParameterized.each do |some_string, parameterized_string|
       assert_equal(parameterized_string, ActiveSupport::Inflector.parameterize(some_string))
     end
   end
 
   def test_parameterize_and_normalize
+    jruby_skip "UTF-8 to UTF8-MAC Converter is unavailable"
     StringToParameterizedAndNormalized.each do |some_string, parameterized_string|
       assert_equal(parameterized_string, ActiveSupport::Inflector.parameterize(some_string))
     end
   end
 
   def test_parameterize_with_custom_separator
+    jruby_skip "UTF-8 to UTF8-MAC Converter is unavailable"
     StringToParameterizeWithUnderscore.each do |some_string, parameterized_string|
       assert_equal(parameterized_string, ActiveSupport::Inflector.parameterize(some_string, '_'))
     end
   end
 
   def test_parameterize_with_multi_character_separator
+    jruby_skip "UTF-8 to UTF8-MAC Converter is unavailable"
     StringToParameterized.each do |some_string, parameterized_string|
       assert_equal(parameterized_string.gsub('-', '__sep__'), ActiveSupport::Inflector.parameterize(some_string, '__sep__'))
     end