TempFileHelper java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid prefix or suffix

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Tue Aug 31 15:52:10 UTC 2021



On 31/08/2021 16:24, Michael Hall wrote:
> I am getting this error on code running on a recently downloaded 18 ea.

Do you see this with other JDK releases too? Is it possible that 
java.io.tmpdir has been set on the command line?

> First question. Is “Invalid prefix or suffix” really the best error message for this?
A consequence of running with a security manager is that exceptions need 
to be careful to avoid leaking sensitive data, in this case the location 
of temporary files. So yes, this message is deliberate.

-Alan


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