Pursuant to comments on the submitted CCC request, the patch previously approved for this issue has been revised:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/7179567/webrev.6/ The difference is that the URLClassLoader constructors and newInstance() methods no longer throw a NPE if the URL array parameter is non-null but contains at least one null element. The javadoc and test have been adjusted accordingly. A new issue https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8026517 has been filed to track adding a test for a null element in the URL array parameter. This latter issue is not presently scheduled to be addressed in JDK 8. Thanks, Brian
