A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
URL(string) constructor doesn't check port > 65535.
By the way this API is already @Deprecated(since = "20").


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import java.net.*;

public class URLTest {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        try {
            URL url = new URL("http://[fe80::]:999999/path1/path2");
            System.out.println(url.getPort());
            throw new RuntimeException("URL parser accepted invalid port number");
        } catch (MalformedURLException me) {
            System.out.println("Caught expected exception (invalid port): " + me.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

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