Name: gm110360 Date: 01/22/2003


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.0_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0_01-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0_01-b03, mixed mode)

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

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
According to documentation:
The cache_option attribute can take one of three values:
No
Disable applet installation. Always download the file from
the web server without using browser or plug-in cache.
Browser
Run applets from the browser cache (default).
Plugin
Run applets from the new Java Plug-in cache.

It seems that cache_option "No" does not work as expected,
i.e. caching is controled ONLY by the Java Plug-In Control
Panel ("Enable Caching" Option under TAB "Cache"). We can
not however ask all INTERNET/INTRANET users to set the
option explicitly, so we NEED a way to force JAR download
always (independent from Java Plug-In Control Panel
settings).

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
In HTML that calls the applet specify:
<OBJECT ....>
....
<PARAM NAME="cache_option" VALUE="No">
<PARAM NAME="cache_archive" VALUE="xyz.jar">
</OBJECT>

If Enable Caching enabled in the Java Control Panel, the
jar is cached / it seems that cache_option is ignored
altogether!



EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Should not cache the applet (JAR) when cache_option set
to "No"

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.
(Review ID: 179790)
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