OpenJDK - DownloadService2 Service Unsupported in IceTeaWeb

Question

My company has recently moved to OpenJDK platform. But one of the Applications (JNLP) uses WebStart, I tried installing IcedTeaWeb but seems cache Management class DownloadService2 is not supported here. Kindly help here.

I have checked all version of IcedTeaWeb but there is no implementation of DownloadWebService2 in any version of IcedTeaWeb.

Below Code in the Application JAR, where my code fails.

private void clearCache() {
    try {
DownloadService2 service2 = (DownloadService2)ServiceManager.lookup("javax.jnlp.DownloadService2");
        }
}

Answer 1

This is a known issue in Iced-Tea; see https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/icedtea-web/issues/99

It is on the list for implementation.

Kindly help here.

If you / your company need this to be implemented sooner rather than later, consider contributing some developer effort to the icedtea-web project.

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I notice that you commented on the issue and got this response:

We are happy to take a PR against master.

In other words, the IcedTea developers are saying that you could help by sending patches that implement the missing feature".

Talk to your boss.