Re: [infinispan-dev] [Pull Request] Modular Classloading Compatibility

On 05/03/2011 05:08 AM, Sanne Grinovero wrote: > 2011/5/2 Manik Surtani <manik(a)jboss.org&gt;: >> >> On 1 May 2011, at 13:38, Pete Muir wrote: >> >>>>> As in, user API?  That's a little intrusive... e.g., put(K, V, cl) ? >>>> >>>> Not for put, since you have the class, just get, and I was thinking >>>> something more like: >>>> >>>> Foo foo = getUsing(key, Foo.class) >>> >>> This would be a pretty useful addition to the API anyway to avoid user casts. >> >> Maybe as an "advanced" API, so as not to pollute the basic API?  A bit like: >> >> Foo f = cache.getAdvancedCache().asClass(Foo.class).get(key); > > doesn't look much better than a cast, but is more cryptical :) > > getting back to the classloader issue, what about: > > Cache c = cacheManager.getCache( cacheName, classLoader ); > > or > Cache c = cacheManager.getCache( cacheName ).usingClassLoader(classLoader ); > > BTW if that's an issue on the API, maybe you should propose it to > JSR-107 as well ? We have a configurable Marshaller, right?  Then why don't we just use the class loader that the current Marshaller uses?