[DBCP-203] Want to provide a ClassLoader for BasicDataSource to use for loading a JDBC driver.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.3
• Assignee: Mark Thomas
• Reporter: Mark Grand
• Created: 04/Dec/06 01:15
• Updated: 24/Feb/15 03:23
• Resolved: 22/Mar/11 20:46

Description

I have an application that will be configured to use a JDBC driver at run time. It would be helpful if I could set the ClassLoader that BasicDataSource uses to load the JDBC driver.

I don't know what the procedure is for submitting improvements, but this is something that I could add myself. the code would look like this:

private ClassLoader driverLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
...
public ClassLoader getDriverLoader() {
return driverLoader();
}

public void setDriverLoader(ClassLoader newValue) {
driverLoader = newValue;
}
...

Change the statement that in createDataSource from
Class.forName(driverClassName);
to be
Class.forName(driverClassName, true, driverLoader);

Issue Links

• blocks: DBCP-333 Unable to create a JDBC driver using custom class loader