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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-6563286

HttpURLConnection.followRedirect(..) follows malformed url.

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    • core-libs
    • x86
    • windows_xp

      FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
      java version "1.6.0_01"
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_01-b06)
      Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_01-b06, mixed mode, sharing)

      ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
      Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

      EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
      You need a webserver returning 301 Moved Permanently to a malformed url

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      HttpURLConnection follows Location: header with a malformed url resulting in a NullPointerException or IllegalArgumentException error.

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      A script on a webserver with output:
      HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
      Location: http://

      new URL("http://server/script").openStream();

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      throws IOException
      ACTUAL -
      throws IllegalArgumentException

      if Location: http:/ throws NullPointerException


      ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
      java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: protocol = http host = null
      at sun.net.spi.DefaultProxySelector.select(DefaultProxySelector.java:146)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:728)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:658)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.followRedirect(HttpURLConnection.java:1841)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1176)
      at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1009)


      REPRODUCIBILITY :
      This bug can be reproduced always.

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      import java.io.BufferedReader;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import java.io.InputStreamReader;
      import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
      import java.net.ServerSocket;
      import java.net.Socket;
      import java.net.URL;

      /**
       * @author Daniel Negrea
       *
       */
      public class BugDemo {

      /**
      * @param args none
      * @throws IOException not expected
      * @throws InterruptedException not expected
      */
      public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
      // create a simple web server
      // find the first free port
      ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0);
      final URL url = new URL("http://localhost:" + serverSocket.getLocalPort() + '/');
      Thread myWebClient = new Thread(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
      try {
      // the line below throws IllegalArgumentException
      url.openStream();
      } catch (IOException e) {
      // this was is expected
      }
      }
      });
      myWebClient.setDaemon(true);
      myWebClient.start();
      Socket socket = serverSocket.accept();
      String request = "";
      BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
      String line = null;
      while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
      if (line.length() == 0) {
      break;
      }
      request += line + "\n";
      }
      OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
      out.write("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n");
      // out.write("Location: http:/\r\n"); - this generates
      // NullPointerException
      out.write("Location: http://\r\n");
      out.write("\r\n");
      out.flush();
      out.close();
      in.close();
      socket.close();
      serverSocket.close();
      myWebClient.join();

      }

      }

      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
      catch the errors and throw an exception instead

            michaelm Michael McMahon
            ndcosta Nelson Dcosta (Inactive)
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