REGRESSION:JDK 7 webstart fails to launch older application

J2SE Version (please include all output from java -version flag):

java version "1.7.0_02-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_02-ea-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 22.0-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

Does this problem occur on J2SE 1.4.x, 1.5 or 6? Yes / No (pick one)

No


Operating System Configuration Information (be specific):
Windows Vista Business SP2

Hardware Configuration Information (be specific):
HP Pavillion dv9000
Windows Vista Business SP2 32 bit
3 GB RAM
Intel Core 2 Duo T9300



Bug Description:
Fails to launch application with signed jars, running under 1.4.2

If run an older version of webstart, it starts without issue:
C:\Program Files\Java Web Start 1.2>javaws http://launch.jnlp

Steps to Reproduce (be specific):

Had some issues with the machine running the wrong version of webstart by default,
it worked fine previously for sure.

Now it fails when attempt to launch the application.

Steps to reproduce:

Put these two attached files(launch.jnlp and OldJava.jar) in a directory on
desktop, then typed the following into Firefox:

file:///c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/launch.jnlp

When you test, you will do something similar and will need to change the
URI appropriately.

Created this program in Netbeans, and it is signed using the temporary certificate
created by netbeans when choosing webstart execution and a signed application.

The error will occur. The information from the error dialog is below.
The source code seems to be irrelevant, but this is what it is:

public class OldJava {
          /**
          * @param args the command line arguments
          */

          public static void main(String[] args) {
          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                    JFrame f = new JFrame();
                    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                    f.setSize(100, 100);
                    f.setVisible(true);
                    }
               );
            }

         }


Exception tab:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/security/CodeSigner
     at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.normalizeCertificateList(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.checkSignedResourcesHelper(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.checkSignedResources(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareResources(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareAllResources(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Console Tab:


Java Web Start 10.2.0.7
Using JRE version 1.4.2_17-b06 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Users\mac
----------------------------------------------------
c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
p: reload proxy configuration
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
0-5: set trace level to <n>
----------------------------------------------------
basic: Java part started
basic: jnlpx.jvm: C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_17\bin\javaw.exe
basic: jnlpx.splashport: 62788
basic: jnlpx.remove: true
basic: jnlpx.heapsize: null
network: Loading user-defined proxy configuration ...
network: Done.
network: Browser is FirefoxURL
network: Browser is Firefox
network: Loading proxy configuration from Netscape Navigator ...
network: network.proxy.ftp=192.9.201.55
network: network.proxy.ftp_port=8080
network: network.proxy.gopher=192.9.201.55
network: network.proxy.gopher_port=8080
network: network.proxy.http=192.9.201.55
network: network.proxy.http_port=8080
network: network.proxy.socks=192.9.201.55
network: network.proxy.socks_port=8080
network: network.proxy.ssl=192.9.201.55
network: network.proxy.ssl_port=8080
network: Done.
network: Proxy Configuration: No proxy
security: property package.access value sun.
security: property package.access new value sun.,com.sun.javaws
security: property package.access value sun.,com.sun.javaws
security: property package.access new value sun.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy
security: property package.access value sun.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy
security: property package.access new value sun.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp
security: property package.definition value null
security: property package.definition new value com.sun.javaws
security: property package.definition value com.sun.javaws
security: property package.definition new value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy
security: property package.definition value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy
security: property package.definition new value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp
security: property package.access value sun.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp
security: property package.access new value sun.,com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp,org.mozilla.jss
security: property package.definition value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp
security: property package.definition new value com.sun.javaws,com.sun.deploy,com.sun.jnlp,org.mozilla.jss
basic: Running JVMParams: [JVMParameters: isSecure: true, args: ]
                -> [JVMParameters: isSecure: true, args: ]
network: Created version ID: 1.4.2.17
network: Created version ID: 1.4
temp: new XMLParser with source:
temp: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<jnlp href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
    <information>
        <title>OldJava</title>
        <vendor>mac</vendor>
        <homepage href=""/>
        <description>OldJava</description>
        <description kind="short">OldJava</description>
     
    </information>
    <update check="always"/>
    <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
    <resources>
        <j2se version="1.4*"/>
        <jar href="OldJava.jar" main="true"/>
    </resources>
    <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava">
    </application-desc>
</jnlp>

temp:
returning ROOT as follows:

<jnlp href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
  <information>
    <title>OldJava</title>
    <vendor>mac</vendor>
    <homepage href=""/>
    <description>OldJava</description>
    <description kind="short">OldJava</description>
  </information>
  <update check="always"/>
  <security>
    <all-permissions/>
  </security>
  <resources>
    <j2se version="1.4*"/>
    <jar href="OldJava.jar" main="true"/>
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava"/>
</jnlp>
basic: Error parsing C:\Users\mac\AppData\Local\Temp\javaws4. Try to parse again with codebase from LAP
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol:
                at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
                at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
                at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)
                at com.sun.deploy.cache.Cache.getLocalApplicationProperties(Unknown Source)
                at com.sun.javaws.jnl.LaunchDescFactory.buildDescriptor(Unknown Source)
                at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
                at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
                at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
                at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

temp: new XMLParser with source:
temp: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<jnlp href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
    <information>
        <title>OldJava</title>
        <vendor>mac</vendor>
        <homepage href=""/>
        <description>OldJava</description>
        <description kind="short">OldJava</description>
   

    </information>
    <update check="always"/>
    <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
   <resources>
        <j2se version="1.4*"/>
        <jar href="OldJava.jar" main="true"/>
    </resources>
    <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava">
    </application-desc>
</jnlp>

temp:
returning ROOT as follows:

<jnlp href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
  <information>
    <title>OldJava</title>
    <vendor>mac</vendor>
    <homepage href=""/>
    <description>OldJava</description>
    <description kind="short">OldJava</description>
  </information>
  <update check="always"/>
  <security>
    <all-permissions/>
  </security>
  <resources>
    <j2se version="1.4*"/>
    <jar href="OldJava.jar" main="true"/>
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava"/>
</jnlp>
temp: returning LaunchDesc from XMLFormat.parse():


<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/" href="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/launch.jnlp">
  <information>
    <title>OldJava</title>
    <vendor>mac</vendor>
    <homepage href="null"/>
    <description>OldJava</description>
    <description kind="short">OldJava</description>
  </information>
  <security>
   <all-permissions/>
  </security>
  <update check="always" policy="always"/>
  <resources>
    <java version="1.4*"/>
    <jar href="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/OldJava.jar" download="eager" main="true"/>
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava"/>
</jnlp>
basic: new Launcher:

<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/" href="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/launch.jnlp">
  <information>
    <title>OldJava</title>
    <vendor>mac</vendor>
    <homepage href="null"/>
    <description>OldJava</description>
    <description kind="short">OldJava</description>
  </information>
  <security>
    <all-permissions/>
  </security>
  <update check="always" policy="always"/>
  <resources>
    <java version="1.4*"/>
    <jar href="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/OldJava.jar" download="eager" main="true"/>
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava"/>
</jnlp>
network: prepareToLaunch: offlineOnly=false
network: Cache entry found [url: file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/launch.jnlp, version: null] prevalidated=false/0
temp: new XMLParser with source:
temp: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<jnlp href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
    <information>
        <title>OldJava</title>
        <vendor>mac</vendor>
        <homepage href=""/>
        <description>OldJava</description>
       <description kind="short">OldJava</description>

    </information>
    <update check="always"/>
    <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
    <resources>
        <j2se version="1.4*"/>
        <jar href="OldJava.jar" main="true"/>
    </resources>
    <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava">
    </application-desc>
</jnlp>

temp:

returning ROOT as follows:

<jnlp href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
  <information>
    <title>OldJava</title>
    <vendor>mac</vendor>
    <homepage href=""/>
    <description>OldJava</description>
    <description kind="short">OldJava</description>
  </information>
  <update check="always"/>
  <security>
    <all-permissions/>
  </security>
  <resources>
    <j2se version="1.4*"/>
    <jar href="OldJava.jar" main="true"/>
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava"/>
</jnlp>
temp: returning LaunchDesc from XMLFormat.parse():

<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/" href="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/launch.jnlp">
  <information>
    <title>OldJava</title>
    <vendor>mac</vendor>
    <homepage href="null"/>
    <description>OldJava</description>
    <description kind="short">OldJava</description>
  </information>
  <security>
    <all-permissions/>
  </security>
  <update check="always" policy="always"/>

  <resources>
    <java version="1.4*"/>
    <jar href="file:/c:/Users/mac/Desktop/tmp/OldJava.jar" download="eager" main="true"/>
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="oldjava.OldJava"/>
</jnlp>
network: isUpdated: false
preloader: Construct preloader delegate
network: Created version ID: 1.4.2.17
network: Created version ID: 1.4
basic: Launcher: isInstaller: false, isRelaunch: false, isImport(): false, java.home:C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7\, Running JRE: JREInfo for index 10:
    platform is: 1.4
    product is: 1.4.2_17
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path is: C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_17\bin\javaw.exe
    args is: null
    native platform is: Windows, x86 [ x86, 32bit ]
    enabled is: true
    registered is: true
    system is: false

basic: JREInfos
basic:
JREInfo: 13 entries
basic: JREInfo 0:
basic: JREInfo for index 0:
    platform is: 1.7
    product is: 1.7.0_02-ea
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path is: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe
    args is: null
    native platform is: Windows, x86 [ x86, 32bit ]
    enabled is: true
    registered is: true
    system is: false

basic: JREInfo 1:
basic: JREInfo for index 1:
    platform is: 1.6
    product is: 1.6.0_28-ea
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path is: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe
    args is:
    native platform is: Windows, x86 [ x86, 32bit ]
    enabled is: true
    registered is: true
    system is: false

basic: JREInfo 2:
basic: JREInfo for index 2:
    platform is: 1.6
    product is: 1.6.0_27-ea
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path is: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_27\jre\bin\javaw.exe
    args is: null
    native platform is: Windows, x86 [ x86, 32bit ]
    enabled is: true
    registered is: false
    system is: false

basic: JREInfo 3:
basic: JREInfo for index 3:
    platform is: 1.6
    product is: 1.6.0_24
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path is: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\jre\bin\javaw.exe
    args is: null
    native platform is: Windows, x86 [ x86, 32bit ]
    enabled is: true
    registered is: false
    system is: false

basic: JREInfo 4:
basic: JREInfo for index 4:
    platform is: 1.6
    product is: 1.6.0_06
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path is: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_06\bin\javaw.exe
    args is:
    native platform is: Windows, x86 [ x86, 32bit ]
    enabled is: false
    registered is: true
    system is: false

basic: JREInfo 5:
basic: JREInfo for index 5:
    platform is: 1.6
    product is: 1.6.0_05
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path is: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\javaw.exe
    args is:
    native platform is: Windows, x86 [ x86, 32bit ]
    enabled is: false
    registered is: true
    system is: false

basic: JREInfo 6:
basic: JREInfo for index 6:
    platform is: 1.6
    product is: 1.6.0_02
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path is: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\javaw.exe
    args is:
    native platform is: Windows, x86 [ x86, 32bit ]
    enabled is: false
    registered is: true
    system is: false

basic: JREInfo 7:
basic: JREInfo for index 7:
    platform is: 1.5
    product is: 1.5.0_21
    location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
    path