ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
macOS Sonoma 14.6.1
Darwin Kernel Version 23.6.0: Mon Jul 29 21:13:00 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.141.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

openjdk version "23" 2024-09-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 23+36-2368)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23+36-2368, mixed mode, sharing)


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
java outputs unexpected error message to STDERR when arguments include '-' and '{a=1}'.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
javac X.java
java X - "{a=1}"


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
-
{a=1}

ACTUAL -
2024-09-23 23:55:34.281 java[9590:524566] CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
2024-09-23 23:55:34.281 java[9590:524566] CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
-
{a=1}


---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
class X {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    for (var arg: args) {
      System.out.println(arg);
    }
  }
}

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

FREQUENCY : always