> On Nov 1, 2016, at 11:10 PM, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> wrote:
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> On 01/11/2016 15:02, Wang Weijun wrote:
>> HTTP Negotiate uses
>>
>> Class.forName("sun.net.www.protocol.http.spnego.NegotiatorImpl", true,
>> null);
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>> to check if the implementation in java.security.jgss module is provided. It
>> looks like this call is throwing a ClassNotFoundException now. Shall I
>> export the package to java.base or is there any other trick? I remember
>> there used to be an addReads method but seems no one is using it now.
>>
>> Or I must use a service loader?
>>
> This is just visibility. The jdk.security.jgss module is defined to the
> platform class loader but but you have specified "null" (= bootstrap class
> loader) to Class.forName.
Wow. I changed it to ClassLoaders.platformClassLoader() and it runs.
>
> There is an issue in JIRA to track change the HTTP protocol handler to use
> services for authentication mechanism, I don't think anyone has had time to
> work on that yet.
So before making this big change, do you think I can make the small change
above to make them at least start working?
Thanks
Max
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> -Alan.
