HttpURLConnection with IPv6 link-local address

[Bernd Eckenfels]

Am 25.10.2013, 16:44 Uhr, schrieb Chris Hegarty <chris.hegarty at oracle.com>:
> Wow, I've been working in this area for more than a decade, and this is  
> the first bug I've seen on the HttpURLConnection when using URL's with  
> literal IPv6 addresses.

I guess the interface identifier is just so inherently system specific  
that it most often not make sense to be used in URLs. But there is I guess  
one exception where it is used for local network stuff related to  
Plug&Play, Zeroconf and other home-stuff.

> We just past ZBB [1] for JDK8, so I'm not sure that a fix for this issue  
> will make JDK8 FCS, but I would suspect that the changes would be  
> suitable for an Update release, 7uXX or 8uXX for example.

I guess it especially would be helpfull if there is an actual commonly  
used usecase. Thats why I am wondering whats the motivation for the  
reporter.

Gruss
Bernd
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