Name: yyC67448 Date: 12/29/97



The java.net.URL(String protocol, String host, int port, String file)
constructor allows null host parameter for http and ftp url's.


Here is the test demonstrating the bug:

------------------------ Test.java ---------------------------------------
import java.net.*;

public class Test
{
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
   URL ftp_url = null;
   URL http_url = null;
   String host = null;
   String file = "/index.html";
   int port = -1;
   

   try {
     ftp_url = new URL("ftp", host, port, file);
     http_url = new URL("http", host, port, file);
   } catch(MalformedURLException e)
   {
       System.out.println("Passed. OKAY");
       System.exit(0);
   }
   catch(Exception e)
   {
     System.out.println("Unexpected exception:" + e);
     System.exit(-1);
   }

    System.out.println("No exceptions");
    System.exit(-1);
  }
   
}
------------------------- Output from the test ----------------------------
No exceptions
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