JDK-4290786 : JARs ending with # (e.g. ESlateCanvas#.jar) are ignored from the CLASSPATH
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: 1.2.2
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: windows_98
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 1999-11-12
  • Updated: 1999-11-12
  • Resolved: 1999-11-12
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Description

Name: mc57594			Date: 11/11/99


JARs ending with # (e.g. ESlateCanvas#.jar) are ignored from the CLASSPATH, that is their classes aren't accessible by the class loader (as if they aren't there)
(Review ID: 96587) 
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Comments
WORK AROUND Name: mc57594 Date: 11/11/99 Don't use # in the .jar's filename e.g. rename ESlateCanvas19991015#.jar to ESlateCanvas19991015.jar (maybe ESlate#Canvas.jar won't work too, haven't tried a # at other place than the end of the file's name part) ======================================================================
11-06-2004

EVALUATION On general, do not expect any characters can be accepted by the underlying platform. In this case, the '#' is discarded by URL parsing. But on some platform, the '#' may just be an illegal character. ###@###.### 1999-11-12
12-11-1999