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Hello everybody,

I've just started experimenting with ClassLoaders and many things
already work fine.
My problem is: I would like my ClassLoader to ALWAYS get the FIRST shot
at loading a class!
Then if it doesn't find it or decides that it doesn't care about that
class, it can call the "normal" system class loader.

For you to understand what I'm doing:
I want to reload the classes for certain packages during runtime. From
what I've read so far, I need to dispose the ClassLoader that loaded the
classes, in order to dispose the "Class"es.
I do have a ClassLoader that does this. However, subsequent calls to
"Class.forName(...)" always use the classloader that was used to load
that class (the calling class).

Example: (Problem specification)
My class loader handles "com.me.myunloadablepackage". I use my
ClassLoader to load/define a class in that package. Fine. One of those
classes calls "Class.forName(...)". Still fine, calls MY ClassLoader.
Then I use my classloader to load com.me.somepackage.someclass. My
classloader looks at it and calls super (which loads via "normal" class
loader). Now THIS new class doesn't know/care about my classloader at
all and uses the standard loading mechanism for Class.forName(...).

I know that I "could"/should get rid of normal
'Class.forName("classname");' calls, but I can't. I want to change the
classloader for an existing application without adjusting 30 something
source files (that's a rough estimate). Also, I don't want to add this
to the programming guidelines ("don't call Class.forName()" ??!).

I couldn't find "getClass().SETSystemClassLoader()" *g*

Any ideas? Where's the missing piece of the puzzle?

P.S.: I wouldn't want to load EVERY class myself (which would solve the
problem!), because we have 45 jar-Files in our path. I'm kind of afraid
my own classloader would deliver *ehem* - a little less performance than
the "normal" one.
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Holger Stratmann
mailto:Holger@cheerful.com
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