[jboss-osgi-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Work started: (JBOSGI-495) Cannot install bundle from URL with non-standard protocol

Cannot install bundle from URL with non-standard protocol --------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBOSGI-495 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBOSGI-495 Project: JBoss OSGi Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Affects Versions: JBossOSGi 1.0.0 Environment: Oracle JDK 1.6.0_26 64 bit, Ubuntu 11.04 Reporter: Harald Wellmann Assignee: David Bosschaert Using the FrameworkFactory API, I cannot install a bundle from a non-standard URL with a custom protocol handler: {code} String url = "mvn:org.ops4j.base/ops4j-base-lang/1.2.3"; Bundle bundle = bc.installBundle(url); {code} The mvn: protocol handler from the Maven artifact org.ops4j.pax.url:pax-url-aether:1.3.5 is enabled by setting {code} System.setProperty( "java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "org.ops4j.pax.url" ); {code} {{installBundle()}} throws an exception: {noformat} java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Null path at org.jboss.vfs.VFS.getChild(VFS.java:212) at org.jboss.vfs.VFS.getChild(VFS.java:198) at org.jboss.osgi.vfs30.VFSAdaptor30.toVirtualFile(VFSAdaptor30.java:57) at org.jboss.osgi.vfs30.VFSAdaptor30.toVirtualFile(VFSAdaptor30.java:49) at org.jboss.osgi.vfs.AbstractVFS.toVirtualFile(AbstractVFS.java:46) at org.jboss.osgi.framework.internal.AbstractBundleContext.installBundleInternal(AbstractBundleContext.java:165) at org.jboss.osgi.framework.internal.AbstractBundleContext.installBundle(AbstractBundleContext.java:120) at org.ops4j.pax.exam.regression.nat.jbosgi.MvnUrlTest.provisionMvnUrl(MvnUrlTest.java:67) at org.ops4j.pax.exam.regression.nat.jbosgi.MvnUrlTest.jbosgiMvnUrl(MvnUrlTest.java:56) {noformat} When launching JBoss OSGi from the installer distribution via run.sh, I see the following log message which might be related: {noformat} 13:50:21,856 WARN [vfs] VFS was unable to set the URLStreamHandlerFactory. This will have unpredictable results {noformat}