[jboss-dev] How to get bootstrap classloader

Julien Viet julien at jboss.com
Wed Apr 30 07:58:30 EDT 2008


Hi Kabir,

this should work

ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getParent()


On Apr 30, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Kabir Khan wrote:

> I need to generate a proxy for java.util.ArrayList using the same  
> classloader that java.util.ArrayList uses. The problem is that:
>
>   ArrayList.class.getClassLoader() == null
>
> since it is the bootstrap classloader. I can think of a few ways to  
> get hold of the actual loader, but wondered if somebody knows an  
> elegant/obvious way to get hold of the clasloader?
>
>
> -- 
> Kabir Khan
> JBoss AOP Lead
> JBoss, a division of Red Hat
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