# HG changeset patch
# User xuelei
# Date 1314062503 25200
#      Mon Aug 22 18:21:43 2011 -0700
# Node ID 048f6b9603cfcdd204b540a27fad8b7fc492adc2
# Parent  802c570861cbe03be84aba444399d81a57e00b4a
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
--- openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/X509CertPath.java
+++ openjdk/jdk/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: "