Ralph Seichter wrote: > # J sun.misc.URLClassPath.getResource(Ljava/lang/String;Z)Lsun/misc/Resource;
I didn't notice anything unusual in the report. It it possible this is hotspot bug. You could try excluding the problem method from optimization with the following argument: -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,sun/misc/URLClassPath,getResource This closed bug report seems to indicate there exists a hotspot bug that is not yet diagnosed or fixed: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6978916 The crash is similar enough... same class and method and a null pointer dereference. Try mailing the hotspot list and refer to the bug report as well as include your crash report. Perhaps a hotspot engineer will look into it for you. Regards, -Kurt