[icedtea-web] RFC: PR618 - Can't install OpenDJ, JavaWebStart fails with Input stream is null error.

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 09:39 Tue 27 Sep     , Omair Majid wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 08:38 PM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> > On 11:44 Mon 19 Sep     , Omair Majid wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The attached patch fixes PR618. There is an old thread [1] that traces
> >> the evolution of this patch.
> >>
> >> The patch tires to make sure that resources marked as 'lazy' are
> >> searched too if a resource is not found.
> >>
> >> ChangeLog
> >> 2011-09-19  Omair Majid<omajid at redhat.com>
> >>
> >>     PR618
> >>     * NEWS: Update.
> >>     * netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/runtime/JNLPClassLoader.java
> >>     (getResource): Rename to ...
> >>     (findResource): New method.
> >>     (findResources): If resource can not be found, search in lazy
> >>     resources.
> >>     (findResourcesBySearching): New method.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts or comments?
> >>
> >
> > Sorry, I thought I replied to this.
> >
> 
> No worries!
> 
> > My only comment was as to the addition of @Override; I don't think this
> > is necessary and it can cause issues with older compilers (there's an
> > issue with this, IcedTea6 1.8 and the last security patch for instance).
> >
> 
> Unless I am mistaken, this particular @Override should be fine. Some 
> older (1.5) compilers assume that @Override can not be used on methods 
> that are implementing a method declared in an interface. But all 1.5+ 
> compilers should work if a method marked as @Override is overriding a 
> method in a superclass (which is what findResource and findResources are 
> doing).
> 
> The bug you mentioned above was caused because I accidentally added 
> @Override to a method implementing a method (retrieve) declared in an 
> interface (URLJarFileCallBack).
> 
> An advantage of @Override is that it serves as a sanity check and causes 
> an error if the superclass changes and the method in the superclass is 
> renamed or never called.
> 

No, no problem with it then.  Please commit.

> I would be more than happy to change the patch if you insist, though.
> 
> > Otherwise, it's good to go.
> >
> 
> Thanks,
> Omair

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Andrew :)

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