On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 9:26 AM Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > /C:/blah... is “root relative”. The (old) spec says the URL must be "relative > to the code base". What does "code base" mean when not referring to Applets > or RMI?
"code base" is generally the URL of the class path entry itself. It's mainly defined in the specification for java.lang.ClassLoader. > This seems like a bad idea (security hole) that worked by accident. The specification is pretty clear, and doesn't seem unintentional. Relative URLs have a very specific normative definition. It's very unambiguous; the code just doesn't work the way the specification says it should. -- - DML
