[cp-patches] Another patch proposal for java.lang.Class

[Jeroen Frijters]

Hi,

I committed my previously proposed changes to java.lang.Class and here
is another proposed patch.

This fixed two problems in Class.getClassLoader(). The first is that the
security check was incorrect (this one is fairly obvious) and the second
one is that it should not, IMO, blindly return null for class names that
start with "java." (or "gnu.java."). Here's why: Even though the
documentation for ClassLoader.defineClass says that a class name cannot
start with "java.", the Sun JVM doesn't actually enforce this (and there
isn't any reason to, if the class loader namespaces are properly
implememented in the VM). If a VM choses to allow custom class loaders
to define classes with a "java." name, the current
Class.getClassLoader() implementation would introduce a security hole
(by returning null).

Comments?

Regards,
Jeroen

class.patch
Description: class.patch