[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (JGRP-1762) Util.loadClass(): do we use the correct ClassLoader ?

[Bela Ban (JIRA)]

     [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1762?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Bela Ban updated JGRP-1762:
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    Forum Reference: https://sourceforge.net/p/javagroups/discussion/18795/thread/38137bd0/

    
> Util.loadClass(): do we use the correct ClassLoader ?
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JGRP-1762
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1762
>             Project: JGroups
>          Issue Type: Task
>            Reporter: Bela Ban
>            Assignee: Bela Ban
>             Fix For: 3.5
>
>
> Investigate whether the code below uses the right classloader. Perhaps we should try to get the classloader of the instances passed to us *before* attempting to use the calling thread's class loader ?
> The current code is:
> {noformat}
>    public static Class loadClass(String classname, Class clazz) throws ClassNotFoundException {
>         ClassLoader loader;
>         try {
>             loader=Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
>             if(loader != null) {
>                 return loader.loadClass(classname);
>             }
>         }
>         catch(Throwable t) {
>         }
>         if(clazz != null) {
>             try {
>                 loader=clazz.getClassLoader();
>                 if(loader != null) {
>                     return loader.loadClass(classname);
>                 }
>             }
>             catch(Throwable t) {
>             }
>         }
>         try {
>             loader=ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
>             if(loader != null) {
>                 return loader.loadClass(classname);
>             }
>         }
>         catch(Throwable t) {
>         }
>         throw new ClassNotFoundException(classname);
>     }
> {noformat}

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