Doesn't work.  I tried [Ljava/lang/Object; and both without the semicolon.

-dain

Jason Dillon wrote:

> Try loading "[Ljava.lang.Object;" instead... which is the class name 
> returned from Object[].class.getName();
> 
> --jason
> 
> 
> Dain Sundstrom wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> Jason Dillon wrote:
>>
>>> What is the value for name you are using?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> In my test code "java.lang.Object[]"
>>
>>
>>> Why not just use Class.class?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Because I am trying to load a parameter type from an xml file that
>>
>> just has the string name of the type.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Or if you really want to use Class.forName to load Class, then you 
>>> should be able to use the system class loader.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Is this after yesterdays Server/ServerLoader change?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> No new feature.  Class.forName docs say you can load arrays but it is 
>> broken.  Here is the code I use now:
>>
>> private Class convertToJavaClass(String name) throws 
>> DeploymentException {
>>    // Check primitive first
>>    for (int i = 0; i < PRIMITIVES.length; i++) {
>>       if(name.equals(PRIMITIVES[i])) {
>>          return PRIMITIVE_CLASSES[i];
>>       }
>>    }
>>
>>    int arraySize = 0;
>>    while(name.endsWith("[]")) {
>>       name = name.substring(0, name.length()-2);
>>       arraySize++;
>>    }
>>
>>    try {
>>       // get the base class
>>       Class c = entity.getClassLoader().loadClass(name);
>>
>>       // if we have an array get the array class
>>       if(arraySize > 0) {
>>          int[] dimensions = new int[arraySize];
>>          for(int i=0; i<arraySize; i++) {
>>             dimensions[i]=1;
>>          }
>>          c = Array.newInstance(c, dimensions).getClass();
>>       }
>>
>>       return c;
>>    } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) {
>>       throw new DeploymentException("Parameter class not found: " +
>>             name);
>>    }
>> }
>>
>> This is lame but works.
>>
>> -dain
> 
> 
> 



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