Name: dfC67450 Date: 08/17/99



Javadoc says about java.net.setDefaultRequestProperty(String key, String value)
and java.net.getDefaultRequestProperty():

    /**
     * Sets the default value of a general request property. When a
     * <code>URLConnection</code> is created, it is initialized with
     * these properties.
     *
     * @param key the keyword by which the request is known
     * (e.g., "<code>accept</code>").
     * @param value the value associated with the key.
     *
     * @see java.net.URLConnection#setRequestProperty(java.lang.String,java.lang.String)
     *
     * @deprecated The instance specific setRequestProperty method
     * should be used after an appropriate instance of URLConnection
     * is obtained.
     */



    /**
     * Returns the value of the default request property. Default request
     * properties are set for every connection.
     *
     * @param key the keyword by which the request is known (e.g., "accept").
     * @return the value of the default request property
     * for the specified key.
     *
     * @see java.net.URLConnection#getRequestProperty(java.lang.String)
     *
     * @deprecated The instance specific getRequestProperty method
     * should be used after an appropriate instance of URLConnection
     * is obtained.
     */

It should note that setDefaultRequestProperty method can not set property.

Here is the test demonstrating the bug:

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

public class Test {

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        URL url = null;
        URLConnection conn = null;
        String key = "accept-charset";
        String value = "iso-8859-5";
   
   
        URLConnection.setDefaultRequestProperty(key, value);

        if( !value.equals(URLConnection.getDefaultRequestProperty(key) )) {
            System.out.println("Failed. Default Property is not set.");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Passed. OKAY");
        }
    }
}

------------------------- Output from the test ----------------------------
Failed. Default Property is not set.
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