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JAV2I12 — loader.loadClass() or Class.forName()?

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  • Key: JAV2I12-17
  • Legacy Issue Number: 3590
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Oracle ( Bob Scheifler)
  • Summary:

    In 1.4.9.5, #4 of the Java 2 case:

    4. If a class was not successfully loaded by step 1, 2, or 3, and loader is
    non-null, then call loader.loadClass(className)

    Shouldn't that really be Class.forName(className, false, loader), so that
    array types are handled properly?

    ClassLoader.loadClass does not handle creating new array types (it
    will only find previously created array types), Class.forName does.
  • Reported: JAV2I 1.0b1 — Tue, 2 May 2000 04:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — JAV2I 1.1
  • Disposition Summary:

    See revised text below.
  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:58 GMT