JDK-6676757 : Kernel missing javaws.jar
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: deployment_toolkit
  • Affected Version: 6u10
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: windows_vista
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2008-03-18
  • Updated: 2010-09-08
  • Resolved: 2008-04-17
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JDK 6
6u10 b21Fixed
Description
After kernel jre is installed, lauch SwingSet2 demo applet.  Here is the exceptionn from Java Console:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/javaws/Globals
   at sun.plugin2.applet.JNLP2Manager.initializeExecutionEnvironment(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain.handleMessageSetJVMID(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain.mainLoop(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain.run(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain.main(Unknown Source)

Applet fails to load.

Comments
EVALUATION Adding javaws.jar into the core was the simplest way to fix this.
18-03-2008