[jcifs] java.net.MalformedURLException further analysis

[Glass, Eric]

> 
> This would detect that the classloader used to load the URL 
> class is not
> able to access the jcifs.smb.Handler class.  For people like 
> me, who use
> jCIFS primarily for NTLM authentication, this would have an 
> unfortunate
> (albeit relatively minor) side effect; the NTLM filter 
> apparently doesn't
> currently depend on SMB URLs, and functions properly when 
> installed under
> the web application.  Preventing such a deployment would break this
> (although the workaround would be fairly simple -- install jCIFS as an
> extension library).  Another option would be to print a 
> warning rather than
> throwing an exception if a "bad" installation is detected.
> 
> Eric
>  

Ouch.  First off, the detection code I gave doesn't work; a
ClassNotFoundException is still thrown, even when the classes are installed
correctly.  A more reliable (and much simpler) test is simply to put (at the
very end of the static init block in jcifs.Config):

try {
    new URL("smb://localhost");
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
    throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to create SMB URL.  " +
            "Ensure jCIFS is installed properly.");
}

Second, I have uncovered some other significant issues stemming from the
whole classloader thing; I am compiling more information, but it is not
good...


Eric
 
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