On Feb 7, 2007, at 7:00 AM, Tim Ellison wrote:
Yang Paulex wrote:
2007/2/7, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
This is an oldie but goodie..
We never solved the problem of how to hide non java*. packages that
are on the boot classpath from apps. We talked about a few
possibilities :
1) repackage them to a different package namespace
2) have a "hidden" classloader that only the system classloader
can use.
I like #2. Has anyone looked into this or made any progress? Do
people think this is as important as I do?
+1, the hidden classloader so far seems a better way to go, but
for long
term, I wish the JSR 277[1] or JSR 291[2] can be considered to
address this
kind of issue in general.
[1] http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=277
[2] http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=291
True, but in the meantime it sounds like we need a tactical
solution to
the problems that Robin and Geir and others have been having.
Rather than a hidden class loader we can filter the app classloader's
delegation to the bootclassloader so it only gets an opportunity to
load
API types. Let me have a quick play ...
Yes - that's the same concept, but I can see how that's going to be
easier, because there's less machinery needed to figure out who is
asking. If you don't mind, I'll take a wack.
geir
Regards,
Tim
