This issue can be fixed either in Harmony classlib or kernel classes in VM.
Thanks, Vladimir Strigun, Intel Middleware Products Division On 2/21/06, Alexey Petrenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IBM VM? > > If so it's probably not an issue for Harmony but for IBM :) > > 2006/2/21, Vladimir Strigun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > We had discussion about bug-to-bug compatibility and it was decided to > > solve problems at the moment when they appear. So I have the 1st > > problem (below you can find the steps for reproducing it): > > > > 1. Compile any java class and put it to jre/bin folder (I used Hello.class) > > 2. run java Hello (everything works fine) > > 3. run java -classpath p:; Hello > > > > Result: NoClassDefFoundError > > > > If I use same command with RI (Sun and BEA) this test passes. > > I've found in documentation [1] that "if you want to include the > > current directory in the search path, you must include "." in the new > > settings". > > So, it looks like that we have bug in RI, but our implementation works > > with strict correspondence to the documentation. > > > > URLClassLoader can't load this class because searchURLs parameter in > > findClassImpl does not contain current directory and includes only > > "p:/". So, IMO problem is inside VM kernel classes. > > > > What do you think we should do with this issue? > > > > > > [1] http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/classpath.html > > > > Thanks, > > Vladimir Strigun, > > Intel Middleware Products Division > > > > > -- > Alexey A. Petrenko > Intel Middleware Products Division >