Re: In which circumstances a Class.forName() can fail?
On Jun 4, 2:54 pm, Eric Sosman <esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:
Ivo wrote:
Hello to all,
In which circumstances a Class.forName() can fail, when the String
comes from the STE class ???
(I have been getting ClassNotFoundException, which should never happen
by my knowledge :( )
here is the code snippet:
final String className = stackTraceElement.getClassName();
Class clazz;
try {
clazz = Class.forName(className);
} catch (final ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
// should be totally impossible since any Class=
having
methods locked in a stack
// frame cannot be removed from VM.
// throw new IllegalStateException(cnfe);
return null;
}
Class.forName(String) is documented as being equivalent
to Class.forName(String, true, currentLoader), where the final
argument is the current ClassLoader. If the class you are
looking for was loaded by a different ClassLoader, I imagine
that looking for it with the wrong ClassLoader might fail.
--
Eric Sosman
esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalid
The STE is straight from a trace obtained from the current Thread, all
of which is still in scope, so not GCed.
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