Opening JAR file as a stream

Question

Looks like a bug to me, but I just want to make sure I'm doing it right:
        java.net.URL url = new java.net.URL("jar:file:/tmp/prov.jar!/");
        java.net.URLConnection c = url.openConnection();
        java.io.InputStream s = c.getInputStream(); // this failsI'm getting the following exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: no entry name specified
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.getInputStream(JarURLConnection.java:112)Note that getJarFile() works. I can open the JAR as a file, just not as a stream. Am I missing something?
Thanks,
MC

Answer 1

Just had a quick look at the javadocs for
URLConnection, and "connect()" looks like a good
suspect !
java.net.URL url = new
rl = new java.net.URL("jar:file:/tmp/prov.jar!/");
java.net.URLConnection c =
tion c = url.openConnection();
c.connect();    // maybe this ???
java.io.InputStream s = c.getInputStream();
tream(); // this failsregards,
OwenNo, connect() doesn't help (and, anyway, the doc for connect() says "Operations that depend on being connected [...] will implicitly perform the connection, if necessary").
MC