[jira] Closed: (HARMONY-1818) [drlvm] VM throws NullPointerException in case java.class.path is not set

["Geir Magnusson Jr (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-1818?page=all ]

Geir Magnusson Jr closed HARMONY-1818.
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> [drlvm] VM throws NullPointerException in case java.class.path is not set
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>
>                 Key: HARMONY-1818
>                 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-1818
>             Project: Harmony
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: DRLVM
>         Environment: All
>            Reporter: Evgueni Brevnov
>         Assigned To: Geir Magnusson Jr
>         Attachments: simpleLaunch.c, SysInfo.java
>
>
> Evgueni Brevnov  to harmony-dev 
> Hi All,
> Currently DRLVM starts with help of the launcher. The launcher does a
> lot of stuff required to create VM instatnce. As a part of its job it
> sets up java.class.path property. And this is good. What is not good
> that DRLVM crashes (actually throws NullPointerException in
> initalization stage) if java.class.path is not set. I believe it makes
> sense to point java.class.path to current directory inside VM if
> launcher doesn't set it.
>  Oliver Deakin  <ol...@googlemail.com> to harmony-dev 
> I have just tried launching the RI with a simple launcher (very basic -
> CreateJavaVM(),
> finds and launches a class, then calls DestroyJavaVM()). The launcher
> does not
> set java.class.path, and executes the main method of the following class:
>   public class SysInfo {
>       public static void main(String[] args) {
>                   System.getProperties().list(System.out);
>       }
>   }
> The java.class.path value is printed as:
>  java.class.path=
> So it appears that java.class.path property is left empty by default.
> However,
> to have found the SysInfo class, the RI must have searched in the current
> directory. I can also instantiate other classes that are located in the
> current
> directory. So although the java.class.path is set to an empty string,
> internally
> there is a default inclusion of the current directory.
> IMHO we follow the RI behaviour here, and have an implicit inclusion of
> the current directory unless the classpath is explicitly set.
> Regards,
> Oliver

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