Name: nt126004 Date: 12/10/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-b21)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-b21, mixed mode)

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Java Web Start has a problem installing applications with a
long URL. Windows has a limitation of 255 characters for
the entire file path. If the path is too long a
FileNotFoundException is thrown.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Create a JNLP with a very long URL for the codebase,
longer than 255 characters.
2. Run the JNLP application.
3. View the error.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Shouldn't have this limitation, should handle caching by
creating directories based on the URL, should create some
sort of ID system instead.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

------------ BEGIN SOURCE --------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp sepc="1.0"
      codebase="http://bugkiller.sfbay/webstart/166380/this/is/a/really/really/l
ong/directory/name/that/should/cause/a/FileNotFoundException/in/windows/because/windows/only/supports/filenames/of/255/characters/however/Solaris/on/the/other/hand/will/launch/this/file/fine/"
      href="test.jnlp">
  <information>
    <title>Long File Name</title>
    <vendor>Sun</vendor>
    <homepage href="http://bugkiller.sfbay/webstart"/>
    <description>Incident 166380</description>
  </information>
  <resources>
    <j2se version="1.4+"/>
    <jar href="test.jar" />
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="test"/>
</jnlp>

// this can be anything - it won't ever be launched on Windows
public class test {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                System.out.println("Hello World");
        System.exit(0);
        }
}
------------- END SOURCE ---------------

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
There is no way other than to limit the size of the URL to
a somewhat smaller size.
(Review ID: 166380)
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