JDK 1.1.8 and Native Threads

When running the JDK 1.1.8 virtual machine with native threads and using an HTTP connector client, an unexpected java.lang.ClassCastException is sometimes thrown. The workaround to this problem is to deactivate the keep-alive feature of the java.net.HttpURLConnection class. You can do this by running your application with the following property definition on the command line:

$ java -Dhttp.keepAlive=false yourApplication