Index: modules/plugin/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/src/main/java/org/geotools/data/oracle/sdo/SDO.java
===================================================================
--- modules/plugin/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/src/main/java/org/geotools/data/oracle/sdo/SDO.java	(revision 38659)
+++ modules/plugin/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/src/main/java/org/geotools/data/oracle/sdo/SDO.java	(working copy)
@@ -1722,7 +1722,9 @@
         final int STARTING_OFFSET = STARTING_OFFSET(elemInfo, triplet);
         final int ENDING_OFFSET = STARTING_OFFSET(elemInfo, triplet + 1); // -1 for end
 
-        if ((STARTING_OFFSET == 1) && (ENDING_OFFSET == -1)) {
+        final int TT = SDO.TT(GTYPE);
+
+        if ((STARTING_OFFSET == 1) && (ENDING_OFFSET == -1) && (TT != 3)) {
             // Use all Cordiantes
             return coords;
         }
@@ -1732,6 +1734,15 @@
         int end = (ENDING_OFFSET != -1) ? ((ENDING_OFFSET - 1) / LEN)
                                         : coords.size();
 
+	/** Ensure that Oracle Polygons are closed linestrings **/
+        if ((TT == 3) || (TT == 7)){
+            final int myend = end - 1; 
+            LOGGER.finest ("start: " + start + " ["+coords.getOrdinate(start,0)+";"+coords.getOrdinate(start,1)+"]" );			
+            LOGGER.finest ("end: " + myend + " ["+coords.getOrdinate(myend,0)+";"+coords.getOrdinate(myend,1)+"]" );			
+            coords.setOrdinate(myend,0,coords.getOrdinate(start,0));
+            coords.setOrdinate(myend,1,coords.getOrdinate(start,1));
+            LOGGER.finest ("newEnd: " + myend + " ["+coords.getOrdinate(myend,0)+";"+coords.getOrdinate(myend,1)+"]" );
+	}
         return subList(factory, coords, start, end);
     }
 
@@ -1759,7 +1770,6 @@
         if ((start == 0) && (end == coords.size())) {
             return coords;
         }
-
         return Coordinates.subList(factory, coords, start, end);
     }
 
Index: modules/plugin/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/pom.xml
===================================================================
--- modules/plugin/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/pom.xml	(revision 38659)
+++ modules/plugin/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -117,5 +117,9 @@
         </properties>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
   
 </project>