> A "mmbase/src/org$ grep -r 'Class.forName(' * " will return a lot of
> classes which are instanciated by the Bootstrap classloader.According to the javadoc, Class.forName(classname): "Returns the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given string name. Invoking this method is equivalent to: Class.forName(className, true, currentLoader) where currentLoader denotes the defining class loader of the current class." So when called from mmbase classes, the classloader used is the webapp classloader (instead of the bootstrap classloader). This is correct behaviour. > Should these Class.forName(); methods be replaced by > getClass().forName(); methods, so that they will use the current > classloader for loading their new classes? No. Method getClass() is called on an instance of the class, so it requires the class to be loaded allready. Rob van Maris Developer Finalist IT Group Java Specialists ------------------------------------------------------------- Amsterdam, The Netherlands Office: +31 20 5962321 (Direct) Mobile: +31 651444006 Fax: +31 20 5962331 -------------------------------------------------------------
