Multi-Release JAR file patch as applied to build 108 of Java 9 breaks almost every project out there (Apache Ant, Gradle, partly Apache Maven)

[Stefan Bodewig]

On 2016-03-05, Uwe Schindler wrote:

> This is why I put the Ant developers in CC. The correct way would be
> to look at the *decoded* path (not just getPath() because this is also
> one of the "famous" traps in the URL class - one reason why it should
> be avoided in favor of URI). URL.toURI().getPath() is most safe to fix
> the issue in Apache Ant

Part of the reason for this certainly is that the code has been written
before the URI class even existed.

> (Stefan Bodewig: Should I open an issue in Ant?).

Yes, please do. Thanks Uwe.

> Maybe Ant developers can fix this code in later versions to handle
> URLs more correct.

+1

Stefan