RFR 8235361 : JAR Class-Path no longer accepts relative URLs encoding absolute Windows paths (e.g "/C:/...")

[Jonathan Gibbons]

I note that javac now uses the same definition of tryResolveFile in its 
handling of Class-Path manifest entries, and so the behavior for the 
compiler and runtime should now be aligned.

-- Jon


On 12/09/2019 12:10 PM, Brent Christian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As discussed[1] last month on this alias, JAR Class-Path entries[2] 
> that encode an absolute Windows path (including a drive letter, so 
> e.g. "/C:/path/to/file.jar") are ignored as of 8211941.
>
> Such entries are legal relative URLs, and should not be ignored. 
> Please review my fix to correct this.
>
> Issue:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8235361
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bchristi/8235361/webrev06-open/
>
> Thanks,
> -Brent
>
> 1. 
> https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2019-November/063491.html
>
> 2. 
> https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/13/docs/specs/jar/jar.html#class-path-attribute
>