I2JAV11 — Proposed change to orb.init

Summary: How should ORB.init() be fixed?

ORB.init() should try to find an ORB class in the following order:

1. Try loading the class using Class.forName(String className) – this is
to take into account the possibility that the ORB implementation class
is in the core (for example: com.sun.CORBA.iiop.ORB). If that fails,
2. Try loading the class using Class.forName(String className, boolean
initialize, ClassLoader cl), where cl ==
ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(). In the case of an applet, cl ==
applet.getClass().getClassLoader().

For sophisticated users who might have a well-behaved ClassLoader that knows
how to load the ORB implementation, it might be necessary to have a new
ORB.init() that takes a ClassLoader as an argument. For example:

ORB.init(String[] args, Properties props, ClassLoader cl);

In this case, ORB.init() would load the class using the class loader that
was passed by the user instead of the system class loader.

closed issue