Thanks, Craig, I am going to have to look into this more, then. Interesting stuff in any event.
Jack On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:07:28 -0800, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:56:31 -0800, Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Essentially, I am trying to keep a WeakReference to > > Point classes so that when I update the Point.class I can change the > > classes for all the PointImpl objects out there. > > My understanding of Java (extensive in many areas, but not necessarily > comprehensive here) is that this kind of replacement is *not* possible > at all. At best, you can create new instances of the new class and > then transfer the state information -- but that still doesn't clean up > references that other objects will have to the old instance. > > > Jack > > Craig > -- "You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." ~Native Proverb~ "Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows." ~Hunkesni (Sitting Bull), Hunkpapa Sioux~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
