ModuleClassLoader throw exception InvalidPathException Illegal char ? in JBoss EAP 7.1

Environment

• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
  • 7.1.0
• Windows

Issue

• Getting the following exception on Windows:

    java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <?> at index 0: ?.class
    2018-03-14 09:08:09,720 ERROR [stderr] (default task-1) 	at      sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:182)
  

Resolution

Apply cumulative patch 3 or later

Root Cause

Content from issues.jboss.org is not included.JBEAP-14398 - ModuleClassLoader throw exception InvalidPathException "Illegal char <?>

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