On 23/05/2018 15:29, Peter Levart wrote:
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Maven seems to load plugins in a child class loader of the "system"
(application) class loader and also sets this class loader as thread
context class loader. ServiceLoader does not find any
ScriptEngineFactory services when using this class loader.
The question is: Is this maven plugin's fault? Should the plugin load
services using explicit "system" (application) class loader or should
the ServiceLoader lookup strategy climb the class loader delegation
chain and include service providers that are registered in system
Layer too if given class loader is a descendant of "system"
(application) class loader?
Before JDK 9, using an child class loader of "system" (application)
class loader would locate system services, but since JDK 9, they are
invisible to such child class loaders. Is this intentional? Would it
be wrong if the lookup strategy was more "backwards compatible" ?
Are you sure the Maven plugin is setting the TCCL to a child of the
application class loader? Any chance that the parent is null which would
bypass the platform (formerly the extension) class loader?
-Alan
