[jboss-dev] Array class loading regression in jdk6

Scott M Stark scott.stark at jboss.com
Sun Dec 17 00:04:52 EST 2006


An issue where ClassLoader.loadClass(String) is not resolving arrays is 
showing up as users start to use jdk6:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6434149

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: [Ljava.lang.String;
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:276)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
        at test.main(test.java:7)



The workaround is to use the Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader) 
method.




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