JDK-8087161 : Fails to start up initialize system class loader running on unsupported charset
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.lang:class_loading
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • Submitted: 2015-06-11
  • Updated: 2016-04-08
  • Resolved: 2016-04-08
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Description
See JDK-8081674 to reproduce this issue:

Error occurred during initialization of VM
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookupExtendedCharset(Charset.java:449)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup2(Charset.java:479)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:467)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:508)
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes0(Native Method)
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes(UnixFileSystem.java:242)
at java.io.File.exists(File.java:819)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader$1.run(Launcher.java:152)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader$1.run(Launcher.java:144)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.getExtClassLoader(Launcher.java:143)
at sun.misc.Launcher.<init>(Launcher.java:76)
at sun.misc.Launcher.<clinit>(Launcher.java:64)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.initSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1443)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1428)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookupExtendedCharset(Charset.java:450)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup2(Charset.java:479)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:467)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:508)
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize0(Native Method)
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(UnixFileSystem.java:172)
at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:618)
at java.io.File.getCanonicalFile(File.java:643)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JImageLoader.<init>(URLClassPath.java:1135)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$3.run(URLClassPath.java:389)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$3.run(URLClassPath.java:377)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java:376)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java:353)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath.access$000(URLClassPath.java:80)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$2.next(URLClassPath.java:293)
at sun.misc.URLClassPath$2.hasMoreElements(URLClassPath.java:304)
at java.lang.ClassLoader$2.hasMoreElements(ClassLoader.java:1273)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNextService(ServiceLoader.java:352)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNext(ServiceLoader.java:391)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.hasNext(ServiceLoader.java:472)
at java.nio.charset.Charset$ExtendedProviderHolder$1.run(Charset.java:435)
at java.nio.charset.Charset$ExtendedProviderHolder$1.run(Charset.java:429)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.nio.charset.Charset$ExtendedProviderHolder.extendedProviders(Charset.java:429)
at java.nio.charset.Charset$ExtendedProviderHolder.<clinit>(Charset.java:426)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookupExtendedCharset(Charset.java:449)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup2(Charset.java:479)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.lookup(Charset.java:467)
at java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(Charset.java:508)
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes0(Native Method)
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes(UnixFileSystem.java:242)
at java.io.File.exists(File.java:819)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader$1.run(Launcher.java:152)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader$1.run(Launcher.java:144)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.getExtClassLoader(Launcher.java:143)
at sun.misc.Launcher.<init>(Launcher.java:76)
at sun.misc.Launcher.<clinit>(Launcher.java:64)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.initSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1443)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:1428)