Comments on: Custom ClassLoaders: The Black Art of Java http://blog.cyberborean.org/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java by Alex Alishevskikh Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:00:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: rimu http://blog.cyberborean.org/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java#comment-202 rimu Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:28:53 +0000 http://cyberborean.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java/#comment-202 I think I found the answer. Basically you can't unload a class loaded by the system class loader, but if you load a class with your own custom class loader and from within that class you load a static class with the same class loader you can. But that means that you unload both the original class and the static class. Anyway I have come to the conclusion that custom classloaders isn't the best way to solve the problem. Good post btw. I think I found the answer. Basically you can’t unload a class loaded by the system class loader, but if you load a class with your own custom class loader and from within that class you load a static class with the same class loader you can. But that means that you unload both the original class and the static class. Anyway I have come to the conclusion that custom classloaders isn’t the best way to solve the problem.

Good post btw.

]]> By: Alex http://blog.cyberborean.org/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java#comment-203 Alex Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:34:57 +0000 http://cyberborean.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java/#comment-203 Not sure. Java Language Specification does not specify a mechanism for explicit class unloading (12.8). Not sure. Java Language Specification does not specify a mechanism for explicit class unloading (12.8).

]]> By: rimu http://blog.cyberborean.org/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java#comment-204 rimu Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:03:23 +0000 http://cyberborean.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java/#comment-204 This is a shoot in the dark, but here it goes. Is there some way to unload a static class in order to load it again without using reflection? I have an application that uses a static class and in my unit testing I want to unload that static class in order to load it again going through its constructor and everything. Is this possible? This is a shoot in the dark, but here it goes. Is there some way to unload a static class in order to load it again without using reflection?

I have an application that uses a static class and in my unit testing I want to unload that static class in order to load it again going through its constructor and everything.

Is this possible?

]]> By: osmadja http://blog.cyberborean.org/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java#comment-201 osmadja Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:44:44 +0000 http://cyberborean.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/custom-classloaders-the-black-art-of-java/#comment-201 Great article. It helped me. Great article. It helped me.

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