ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
O.S. Windows 10:
java version "1.8.0_202"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.202-b08, mixed mode)


On Red Hat Linux:
java version "1.8.0_202"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.202-b08, mixed mode)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When loading the class "" a InvalidJarIndexException exception is thrown but a ClassNotFoundException should be thrown.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Create a class with the following line:

        Class clazz = Class.forName("com.dovetailsys$routing$preference$RoutingPayment");

And execute it having a jar file in the classpath containing the following INDEX.LIST file (without the quotes):

"
JarIndex-Version: 1.0

mysql-connector-java-commercial-5.1.22-bin.jar
com
com/mysql
com/mysql/jdbc
com/mysql/jdbc/authentication
com/mysql/jdbc/configs
com/mysql/jdbc/exceptions
com/mysql/jdbc/exceptions/jdbc4
com/mysql/jdbc/integration
com/mysql/jdbc/integration/c3p0
com/mysql/jdbc/integration/jboss
com/mysql/jdbc/interceptors
com/mysql/jdbc/jdbc2
com/mysql/jdbc/jdbc2/optional
com/mysql/jdbc/jmx
com/mysql/jdbc/log
com/mysql/jdbc/profiler
com/mysql/jdbc/util
org
org/gjt
org/gjt/mm
org/gjt/mm/mysql
"


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
A java.lang.ClassNotFoundException exception to be thrown.
ACTUAL -
An sun.misc.InvalidJarIndexException exception is thrown.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class ClassLoadTest {

    public static void main(String[]args) throws ClassNotFoundException{

        // The following line throws a InvalidIndexException. But if the first dollar sign is replaced by a dot a ClassNotFoundException is throw
        Class clazz = Class.forName("com.dovetailsys$routing$preference$RoutingPayment");
    }
    
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Remove INDEX.LIST file from the META-INF directory of the jar file in the classpath

FREQUENCY : always