Index: modules/rmi/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/rmi/DefaultRMIClassLoaderSpi.java =================================================================== --- modules/rmi/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/rmi/DefaultRMIClassLoaderSpi.java (revision 430354) +++ modules/rmi/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/rmi/DefaultRMIClassLoaderSpi.java (working copy) @@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ private static ClassLoader getClassLoader1(String codebase) throws MalformedURLException { SecurityManager mgr = System.getSecurityManager(); + + new URL(codebase); + ClassLoader parentLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();