FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
6u10 b32

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux jenny 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 22:56:21 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Using the sample draggable applet example at https://jdk6.dev.java.net/plugin2/ the desktop icon is created.

When executing the desktop icon this output is received:

java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: "file://///home/jamesu/.java/deployment/cache/6.0/21/49f35ad5-607a6371"
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.viewer.JNLP2Viewer.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.viewer.JNLP2Viewer.main(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.plugin2.applet.viewer.JNLP2Viewer.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.viewer.JNLP2Viewer.main(Unknown Source)


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Set Firefox 3 to use libnpjp2.so from java 6u10 b32. Drag the applet at https://jdk6.dev.java.net/plugin2/ out of the window and allow the desktop icon to be created.

Close the browser and the applet.

Double-click on the icon and note that the applet does not restart.

View the icon properties and execute the command at a command prompt to receive the MalformedURLException.


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I was expecting the applet to restart.
ACTUAL -
The applet failed to restart.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :

java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: "file://///home/jamesu/.java/deployment/cache/6.0/21/49f35ad5-607a6371"
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.viewer.JNLP2Viewer.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.viewer.JNLP2Viewer.main(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.plugin2.applet.viewer.JNLP2Viewer.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.viewer.JNLP2Viewer.main(Unknown Source)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.