Limitation on using ':' character in Series 40 (Known Issue)

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Tested with

Devices(s): Series 40 devices

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Compatibility

Platform(s): Series 40

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Article

Created: User:Technical writer 1 (29 May 2008)

Last edited: hamishwillee (19 Jul 2012)

Description

According to RFC 2396 (Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Generic Syntax), the character ":" is considered to be one of the reserved characters within the query component, meaning that such a character cannot be used generically.

In Series 40, the character ':' has been reserved to be used as a port delimiter in network requests. If a port number has not been defined after the character ':', the prompt 'java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid port' will result while performing a network request.

Solution

When defining URL for network resources, avoid using the the character ':' in the URL.