With IBM JDK 5, when we try to get the system property java.endorsed.dirs, it returns null. This is a critical issue as it prevents OpenEjb from starting
In UrlSet, the following method will lead to a NullPointerException:
public UrlSet excludeJavaEndorsedDirs() throws MalformedURLException {
return excludePaths(System.getProperty("java.endorsed.dirs"));
}
This is because the excludePaths() method assumes that the pathString argument is always non-null.
public UrlSet excludePaths(String pathString) throws MalformedURLException {
String[] paths = pathString.split(File.pathSeparator);
UrlSet urlSet = this;
for (String path : paths) {
File file = new File(path);
urlSet = urlSet.exclude(file);
}
return urlSet;
}
Bug
Closed
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UrlSet excludePaths() method throws a nullpointer exception if the pathString argument is null
public UrlSet excludeJavaEndorsedDirs() throws MalformedURLException { return excludePaths(System.getProperty("java.endorsed.dirs")); }
has become:
public UrlSet excludeJavaEndorsedDirs() throws MalformedURLException { return excludePaths(System.getProperty("java.endorsed.dirs", "")); }
so that there will be a default "" for endorsed.dirs instead of a null. This JIRA can be closed.