Re: [Classpathx-xml] Strange exception when running checkstyle

[Chris Burdess]

David Brownell wrote:
> > Elsewhere in the GNU JAXP code, when we're given a relative URI in the
> > absence of any other context, we assume it's a file URL relative to 
> > the
> > current directory.
>
> If so, that's "new"; the original code was pretty consistent
> about treating that as an error.

Yes, that's all new code.

> > I believe that other JAXP implementations also make
> > this assumption.
>
> So what do they do in execution contexts like an applet
> or other code without access to such a current filesystem
> directory to use?  Even if there _is_ such a directory,
> it might not be the right context.

In such cases a SecurityException would be thrown.
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Chris Burdess