Am 25.10.2013, 16:44 Uhr, schrieb Chris Hegarty <chris.hega...@oracle.com>:
Wow, I've been working in this area for more than a decade, and this is the first bug I've seen on the HttpURLConnection when using URL's with literal IPv6 addresses.
I guess the interface identifier is just so inherently system specific that it most often not make sense to be used in URLs. But there is I guess one exception where it is used for local network stuff related to Plug&Play, Zeroconf and other home-stuff.
We just past ZBB [1] for JDK8, so I'm not sure that a fix for this issue will make JDK8 FCS, but I would suspect that the changes would be suitable for an Update release, 7uXX or 8uXX for example.
I guess it especially would be helpfull if there is an actual commonly used usecase. Thats why I am wondering whats the motivation for the reporter.
Gruss Bernd -- http://bernd.eckenfels.net
