TCK is not creating a classloader properly in org.jcp.jsr94.tck.util.TestCaseUtil --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBRULES-139 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-139 Project: JBoss Rules Issue Type: Feature Request Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: JSR94 Environment: winXP Reporter: Michael Frandsen Assigned To: Mark Proctor Priority: Minor Fix For: 3.0.6 TCK is not creating a classloader properly in org.jcp.jsr94.tck.util.TestCaseUtil Line 147-: /** This method complements the previous method. We suppose that the * rule provider implementation classes are stored in stand-alone JAR * files provided as URLs. The method creates a URLClassLoader, loads * the RuleServiceProvider class from the class loader, then registers * the object using the class loader. * * Note: we need to take care about the CLASSPATH when launching * this test. * * @param uri The registration name of this rule service provider. * @param urls The URLs which provide the rule service provoider classes. * * @return The registered provider. * */ public static RuleServiceProvider getRuleServiceProvider(String uri, URL[] urls) throws ClassNotFoundException, ConfigurationException { if (ruleServiceProvider == null) parseTckConfiguration(); // Fail this test if no provider has been specified. if (ruleServiceProvider == null) throw new ClassNotFoundException("rule-service-provider not specified"); ClassLoader cl = new URLClassLoader(urls); Class ruleServiceProviderClass = cl.loadClass(ruleServiceProvider); TestCase.assertNotNull("[TestCaseUtil] Class loading on " + ruleServiceProvider + " failed. ", ruleServiceProviderClass); // Register the provider. RuleServiceProviderManager.registerRuleServiceProvider(uri, ruleServiceProviderClass,cl); // Retrieve and return the provider return RuleServiceProviderManager.getRuleServiceProvider(uri); } Should take in the constructor of the classloader: Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(), else mvn´s surefire is getting problems: public static RuleServiceProvider getRuleServiceProvider(String uri, URL[] urls) throws ClassNotFoundException, ConfigurationException { if (ruleServiceProvider == null) parseTckConfiguration(); // Fail this test if no provider has been specified. if (ruleServiceProvider == null) throw new ClassNotFoundException("rule-service-provider not specified"); ClassLoader cl = new URLClassLoader(urls,Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()); Class ruleServiceProviderClass = cl.loadClass(ruleServiceProvider); TestCase.assertNotNull("[TestCaseUtil] Class loading on " + ruleServiceProvider + " failed. ", ruleServiceProviderClass); // Register the provider. RuleServiceProviderManager.registerRuleServiceProvider(uri, ruleServiceProviderClass,cl); // Retrieve and return the provider return RuleServiceProviderManager.getRuleServiceProvider(uri); } //This tip was given by "kenney" from #maven