IV19852: WEBSTART APPLICATION JARS DOWNLOADED EVERY TIME INSTEAD OF USING CACHE WITH 'SUN.NET.WWW.PROTOCOL' ' PROTOCOL HANDLER.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: The Webstart Application jars use to get
  downloaded from server instead of using cache for every launch
  of the application even though the Application jars have being
  not modified.
  .
  Stack Trace: N/A
  .
  For a Webstart Application, if user specify
  -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=sun.net.www.protocol" command line
  property, Webstart use to ignore the Cache and download the
  application jars every time from server to launch the
  application. This incorrect behaviour of Webstart can be
  detected by the usage of network traffic monitor tools like
  WireShark during a Java Web Start application launch.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• The problem occurred as the cache handler instance which is
  responsible for loading the application jars from cache was not
  set while using "sun.net.www.protocol" protocol handler.
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  6.0.0 SR11
  6.0.1 SR3
  .
  The JVM has been updated to initialize the cache handler
  instance when "sun.net.www.protocol" protocol handler is used.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA CLASS LIBS

• Fixed component ID

  620700130

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

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