SHORT SUMMARY:

RemoveCommentReader will not parse "/** ... **/" comments correctly.
 
INDICATORS:

proxy.pac files that contain "/** ... **/" comments correctly may not 
function as expected.
 
COUNTER INDICATORS:
 
none
 
TRIGGERS:
 
none
 
KNOWN WORKAROUND:

Replace all instances of "**/" with "*/" in proxy.pac file

PRESENT SINCE:
 
6u34
 
HOW TO VERIFY:

Testcase:

=== CommentParseFail.java 
// compile and run with <JRE_HOME>/lib/deploy.jar in CLASSPATH 

import java.io.BufferedReader; 
import java.io.FileReader; 

import com.sun.deploy.net.proxy.RemoveCommentReader; 

public class CommentParseFail { 

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { 
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new RemoveCommentReader(new 
FileReader("CommentParseFail.java"))); 
        String line, lastLine = null; 
        while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) { 
            lastLine = line; 
        } 
        if (lastLine.indexOf(Dummy.token) == -1) { 
            throw new Exception("Dummy class missing after comments 
removed"); 
        } 
        in.close(); 
    } 
} 

/** this is a comment **/ 

class Dummy { static String token = "TokenString"; } 
===

NOTES FOR SE:
 
None
 
REGRESSION:
 
Yes
 
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