Name: gm110360 Date: 08/27/2003


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-b28)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-b28, mixed mode)

FULL OS VERSION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
My java client applications wants to load classes from the server if some classes returned by an RMI-call are not available at the client side. Therefor my server (which is also a web server) has a servlet that handles class loading.
In JDK 1.3.x the client defined as rmi server codebase the follogin url:
http://<hostname>:<port>/wf/servlet.method/com.dec.gi.distri.RMIFileHandler.handle?class=/

That url worked fine. When i wanted to load e.g. class MyClass the web server got the follwing request: GET /wf/servlet.method/com.dec.gi.distri.RMIFileHandler.handle?class=/MyClass.class

But when using JDK 1.4.2 the web server got following request:
GET /wf/servlet.method/MyClass.class

So in JDK 1.4.2 not any URL seems to be usable as a codebase (which is not mentioned in any documentation)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

Release Regression From : 1.3.1_09
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was known to work. Since then there has been a regression.

(Incident Review ID: 200587)
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