Name: yyT116575 Date: 10/24/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

The constructor URL(URL, String) works different in 1.3 as in older versions.
For instance:

System.out.println(new URL(new URL("http://www.acme.com/a/"), "/a/./"));

will print:

http://www.acme.com/a/

on 1.2.2 and older versions, but on 1.3 it will print:

http://www.acme.com/a/./

This may not seem important, but in some cases it can cause endless growth of
URLs (e.g.: at web spidering).

source code:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class JdkTest {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      System.out.println(new URL(new URL("http://www.acme.com/a/"), "/a/./"));

    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {}
  }
}

Best regards
           Samo
(Review ID: 108866)
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