[HARMONY-5784] Bad error message when InetAddress.getByName is called

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.0M6
• Component/s: Classlib
• Assignee: Nathan Beyer
• Reporter: Davanum Srinivas
• Created: 23/Apr/08 17:43
• Updated: 28/Apr/09 02:26
• Resolved: 01/May/08 03:18

Description

Good Message (Sun JDK 1.5)

Exception in thread "main" java.net.UnknownHostException: this.is.a.bad.endpoint.terrible.in.fact: this.is.a.bad.endpoint.terrible.in.fact
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1145)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1072)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1008)
at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(InetAddress.java:958)
at Main.main(Main.java:5)

Bad Message (Harmony - 650843)

[dims@dims-desktop test]$java Main
Uncaught exception in main:
java.net.UnknownHostException: this.is.a.bad.endpoint.terrible.in.fact - No such file or directory
at java.net.InetAddress.lookupHostByName(InetAddress.java:418)
at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(InetAddress.java:253)
at Main.main(Main.java:5)

Sample code

import java.net.InetAddress;

public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception

{ InetAddress.getByName("this.is.a.bad.endpoint.terrible.in.fact"); }

}

thanks,
dims