There is a good write-up on class unloading here: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip52.html
The default class loader never unloaded classes after JDK 1.2, so the behavior you have is as expected. If you want classes to unload, you need to implement your own class loader, and make sure you are not holding on to any instances of the class. Here is a write-up on how to write a ClassLoader: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2000/jw-03-classload.html -Chris. --- Christos Karras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to use the example code for calling XSLTC > with the native API > (http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/xsltc_usage.html). > > Everything works without error messages or > exceptions, but there seem to be something wrong > with node > selection: > > I have a simple stylesheet: > <xsl:template match="/"> > title: <xsl:value-of select="form/title"/> > <xsl:apply-templates select="form"/> > > <xsl:for-each select="*"> > <<xsl:value-of select="name(.)"/>> > </xsl:for-each> > </xsl:template> > > which is applied on this XML: > <form> > <title>test</title> > </form> > > > The result I get is: > title: > <form> > > So, the for-each select="*" worked as expected, > which shows the <form> is really there in the DOM > tree, > but not the apply-templates and value-of. > > What could be wrong here? > > > Also, is there a way to force a class loader to > unload a translet class when it is recompiled? When > I recompile a stylesheet to a translet, the old > translet keeps getting used until I restart the web > server. > To "fix" that, I give each compiled translet a > random name, but the problem with this is that I'll > get hundreds of unused .class files with random > names because they won't be automatically deleted. > Would there be a better way? > > > Thanks > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com
