--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/misc/URLClassPath.java	Mon Jan 21 23:17:58 2013 -0500
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/misc/URLClassPath.java	Mon Jan 21 23:20:42 2013 -0500
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes.Name;
+import java.util.jar.UnsupportedProfileException;
 import java.net.JarURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@
     final static String JAVA_VERSION;
     private static final boolean DEBUG;
 
+    /**
+     * Used by launcher to indicate that checking of the JAR file "Profile"
+     * attribute has been suppressed.
+     */
+    private static boolean profileCheckSuppressedByLauncher;
+
     static {
         JAVA_VERSION = java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
             new sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction("java.version"));
@@ -581,6 +588,15 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Used by the launcher to suppress further checking of the JAR file Profile
+     * attribute (necessary when the launcher is aborting as the abort involves
+     * a resource lookup that may involve opening additional JAR files)
+     */
+    public static void suppressProfileCheckForLauncher() {
+        profileCheckSuppressedByLauncher = true;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Inner class used to represent a Loader of resources from a JAR URL.
      */
@@ -788,6 +804,28 @@
             return false;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * If the Profile attribute is present then this method checks that the runtime
+         * supports that profile.
+         *
+         * ## Add a fast path like Class-Path to avoid reading the manifest when the attribute
+         *    is not present.
+         */
+        void checkProfileAttribute() throws IOException {
+            Manifest man = jar.getManifest();
+            if (man != null) {
+                Attributes attr = man.getMainAttributes();
+                if (attr != null) {
+                    String value = attr.getValue(Name.PROFILE);
+                    if (value != null && !Version.supportsProfile(value)) {
+                        String prefix = Version.profileName().length() > 0 ?
+                            "This runtime implements " + Version.profileName() + ", " : "";
+                        throw new UnsupportedProfileException(prefix + csu + " requires " + value);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /*
          * Returns the URL for a resource with the specified name
          */
@@ -957,6 +995,12 @@
 
             ensureOpen();
             parseExtensionsDependencies();
+
+            // check Profile attribute if present
+            if (!profileCheckSuppressedByLauncher) {
+                checkProfileAttribute();
+            }
+
             if (SharedSecrets.javaUtilJarAccess().jarFileHasClassPathAttribute(jar)) { // Only get manifest when necessary
                 Manifest man = jar.getManifest();
                 if (man != null) {