Re: A query on the classloader architecture

[Chris Gray]

On Monday 12 July 2004 00:57, David Holmes wrote:

> Hmmm. Given that the *only* distinction between the two forms of forName
> are that the first implies initialize=true while the latter gives
> initialize=false, I don't know why anyone would write that code. ???

Oops, you're right; for some reason I thought the third parameter had to be 
non-null. I should check the Java APIs before posting ...

OTOH there are times where you want to call a method (getPackage(), 
findLibrary(), ...) of the appropriate classloader. Having a non-null 
bootstrap class loader would help here.

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