Name: gsC80088 Date: 03/22/99


The best way to describe the problem is to provide an
example...

Example

A user launches Netscape and connects to a web page that
runs an applet with mime type x-java-applet. Javasoft's
plugin is loaded, thereby causing the corresponding VM
(javai.dll) to be loaded. The applet is executed using
Javasoft's VM.

The user then connects to a web page that runs an applet
with mime type x-jinit-applet. Oracle's plugin is loaded,
thereby causing the corresponding VM (javai.dll) to be
loaded.

Problem

Unfortunately there is already a javai.dll present, due to
the previous visit to a page that has loaded the Javasoft
plugin. So even though the second web page specifies use of
Oracle's VM, Javasoft's VM will be used since it was the
first VM loaded!

Discussion

This is a particularly nasty issue due to the number of
partners potentially creating their own versions of the
Java plugin, and due to the fact that the first VM loaded
will be the one used for all subsequent pages that attempt
to use a VM called javai.dll.
(Review ID: 55837)
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