Using URLDecoder.decode on locations is wrong
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Key: FELIX-2195
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-2195
Project: Felix
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Framework
Affects Versions: felix-2.0.4
Reporter: David Jencks
URLDecoder is supposed to be for decoding form goo stuffed into a url, not for
decoding the path component of a url. Using it for this produces wrong
results. In partucular, mac os x likes to make temporary files with strings
like "+++++++" in the path. When run through URLDecoder these turn into spaces
which means felix can't find the file you just gave it a valid file system
location for. Since equinox does this correctly we can't use felix in geronimo
until this is fixed.
IIUC URLDecoder is used as an attempt to maintain compatibility with ancient
vms that lack URI and its correct decoding behavior. Fortunately apache
harmony implements URI so the attached patch borrows the implementation from
harmony to provide correct behavior on antique vms.
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