JDK-6431651 : No description for addURL(URL url) method of URLClassLoader class in case null url
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Affected Version: 1.4.2
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: solaris_10
  • CPU: sparc
  • Submitted: 2006-05-30
  • Updated: 2010-07-09
  • Resolved: 2006-12-07
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7 b03Fixed OpenJDK6Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-6460701 - URLClassLoader:addURL RI behavior inconsistent with a spec in case duplicate URLs
Relates :  
JDK-6445180 - URLClassLoader does not describe the behavior of several methods with respect to null arguments
Description
In current release if null is passed as url, null is appended to the list of the search path.
If this behavior is right, I think this fact must be reflected in both addURL and getURLs methods.
But may be it will more convenient throw NullPointerException or do nothing in case of null url.
Comments
EVALUATION Update spec.
11-09-2006