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

ID	TSJ000993	Creation date	May 29, 2008
Platform	Series 40	Devices	Series 40 devices
Category	Java ME	Subcategory

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.