[LOG4J2-2783] PluginService should use a list of Class references instead of names

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: Plugins
• Labels: 3.0
• Epic Link: Log4j-core modularization
• Assignee: Ralph Goers
• Reporter: Matt Sicker
• Created: 16/Feb/20 18:51
• Updated: 06/Mar/20 00:32
• Resolved: 06/Mar/20 00:32

Description

The PluginService class can be updated to return a list of plugin entries that refer directly to the Class<?> instances rather than their class names. This would avoid the need to lazily load classes, avoids problems with module systems, and prevents the use of optional dependencies which makes it much easier to write proper JPMS-compatible modules.