icedteaweb failing to load resource files

[T J]

In running a javaws application with icedteaweb and openjfx/openjdk, the .css stylesheets in jfxrt.jar are not loading, causing the windows to be displayed incorrectly.    I tracked down the problem to JNLPClassLoader being created without a parent, causing only the resource files in the .jnlp file to be found and not those in jre/lib/ext/*.jar.     This is due in turn to  the JNLPClassLoader's constructor, which calls super(new URL[], JNLPClassLoader.class.getClassLoader()).     But JNLPClassLoader.class.getClassLoader is ALWAYS returning null, causing JNLPClassloader to be created with null parent, as per above.    

In the document for Class, it appears that in some implementations if the loader for a class is the bootloader, getClassLoader will return null; I assume this may be the problem here.    I don't see how this problem has not been noticed before but I can't find anything online about it.
I would like to know if this has been seen elsewhere and if it is being addressed.

Thank you,



J. Mahannah
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