7081817: test/sun/security/provider/certpath/X509CertPath/IllegalCertiticates.java failing
Reviewed-by: alanb, weijun
diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/X509CertPath.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/X509CertPath.java
index 8fe9750..9180a50 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/X509CertPath.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/X509CertPath.java
@@ -105,7 +105,13 @@
super("X.509");
// Ensure that the List contains only X509Certificates
- for (Certificate obj : certs) {
+ //
+ // Note; The certs parameter is not necessarily to be of Certificate
+ // for some old code. For compatibility, to make sure the exception
+ // is CertificateException, rather than ClassCastException, please
+ // don't use
+ // for (Certificate obj : certs)
+ for (Object obj : certs) {
if (obj instanceof X509Certificate == false) {
throw new CertificateException
("List is not all X509Certificates: "