[cp-patches] Re: PR java/14070: gij and -jar argument should set the manifest Class-path recursively

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 22:07, Tom Tromey wrote:
> The other question I have is about ordering.  Suppose you create a
> URLClassLoader with a.jar and b.jar.  Suppose a.jar has a
> Class-Path entry pointing to a2.jar.  And finally suppose you are
> looking for a resource named R which appears in both a2.jar and b.jar.
> Which is found?
> 
> I'm sure this case sounds dumb, but I'm picturing the hours of
> debugging that will happen when we run into it in the field... better
> to be compatible up front.

Specific order of addition is described here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/extensions/spec.html

Cheers,

Mark

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