[GERONIMO-1075] Configuration classloaders should support an inverse classloading delegation model.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-M1, 1.0-M2, 1.0-M3, 1.0-M4, 1.0-M5
• Fix Version/s: 1.2
• Component/s: kernel
• Security Level: public (Regular issues)
• Assignee: Gianny Damour
• Reporter: Gianny Damour
• Created: 15/Oct/05 16:15
• Updated: 02/Nov/06 11:06
• Resolved: 09/Jan/06 07:40

Description

Currently, configuration classloaders use the standard class loading delegation model. It seems that a reverse class loading delegation model, a la servlet container, may be useful.

Also, after discussion with Dain, it seems that a configuration classloader should defines two types of filters:

• classes hidden from the configuration: this means that this configuration cannot see the classes defined by this filter; and
• classes non overridable by this configuration: this means that this configuration cannot override the classes defined by this filter. Note that this list has a meaning only when the class loading delegation model is reversed.

Issue Links

• incorporates: GERONIMO-518 Deploying Struts app fails on Logging ClassCastException