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 XP [Version 5.1.2600] Service Pack 1

ADDITIONAL OPERATING SYSTEMS :

I have verified that this also occurs on Windows 2000
Professional and Server.



A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
After the JRE 1.4.1 is autodownloaded by Web Start, the
Application Manager incorrectly says in the table in the
File -> Preferences -> Java tab that the Platform Version
is 1.4.1. This causes an application that specifies its
required runtime environment as the 1.4 platform version to
fail to launch, and for Web Start to re-autodownload JRE
1.4.1 when subsequent launch attempts are made (resulting
in multiple autodownloaded 1.4.1 JRE entries in the table
in the Application Manager.)

The JNLP 1.0.1 spec explains that the platform version ID
is of the form 'x.y' and is determined by examining
the 'java.specification.version' system property, meaning
that the platform version for JRE 1.4.1 is '1.4.' The Web
Start Application Manager deviates from this.

This bug is specific to Web Start because writing a simple
application that prints the value of the system
property "java.specification.version" and running it using
the downloaded 1.4.1 JRE outputs '1.4'.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Install JRE 1.3.1_02 and Java Web Start 1.1.
2. Launch a Web Start application whose version attribute
for the j2se element is '1.4', indicating that any
available 1.4 platform version runtime environment should
be used. E.g. '<j2se version="1.4"/>'.
3. Allow Web Start to update itself to version 1.2 and to
autodownload and install the 1.4.1 JRE.
4. Open the Application Manager and observe that the
Platform Version for the 1.4.1 JRE incorrectly says '1.4.1'.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
It is expected that 'Platform Version' for the downloaded
1.4.1 JRE is '1.4' and not '1.4.1'.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
The Web Start application fails to launch due to a 'Launch File Error'. After
clicking the 'Details' button, the detailed message in the 'General' tab
says 'No JRE version found in launch file for this system.'

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
Create a JNLP file that contains the following XML element for the required
runtime environment:

<j2se version="1.4"/>
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
Specify a different j2se value that matches the incorrect
value determined by the Web Start Application Manager, e.g.

'<j2se version="1.4*"/>'

or

'<j2se version="1.4+"/>'.
(Review ID: 167265)
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