Is there no endorsed directory feature at all or just this system
property value? I know Tomcat, among others, set the endorsed
directory during launch, so I'd say it's a necessary feature.

-Nathan

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:53 AM, Kevin Zhou <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> When performing the given test [1] on HARMONY and RI, it shows RI provides
> such "java.endorsed.dirs" SYSTEM PROPERTY while HARMONY doesn't.
>
> Sometimes, JRE may search for JAR files in the endorsed directories in order
> to run some specific applications correctly.
>
> As for me, I think this is non-bug difference between HARMONY and RI. If
> necessary, it could be implemented at VM-side.
>
> Do we need to follow RI on this behaviour? What is your opinion? :)
>
> [1] Sample:
> public static void main(String[] args) {
>    System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.endorsed.dirs"));
> }
>

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