yep.. I think that's the info I needed. Thanks!
>From: Dain Sundstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Hiram Chirino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] getContextClassLoader() vs. Class.forName(x,y,z)
>Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 23:24:53 -0500
>
>In org.jboss.ejb.plugins.cmp.jdbc.metadata.JDBCQueryMetaDataFactory I have
>a method (convertToJavaClass) that does the name to array class conversion.
> Here is the core:
>
>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);
>}
>
>It that what he wanted to do?
>
>-dain
>
>Hiram Chirino wrote:
>
>>Question for you classloading feaks out there, what is the difference
>>between:
>>
>>x = "some.class.name";
>>Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(x);
>>
>>and
>>
>>x = "some.class.name";
>>Class.forName(x, false,
>> Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
>>
>>Peter Levart, submitted a patch that replaces a statment like the first
>>with a statment like the seconds. It's supposed to allow "loading
>>array class for a base class that hasn't been loaded yet."
>>
>>My thing is, it seems like they do the same thing. What's the difference?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Hiram
>>
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