Re: [cp-patches] Native library class loader fixes

[Archie Cobbs]

Archie Cobbs wrote:
>    /**
>     * Get a list of all the classes currently executing methods on the
> -   * Java stack.  getClassContext()[0] is the currently executing method, ie.
> -   * the method which called SecurityManager.getClassContext().  (Hint: you
> -   * may need to pop off one or more frames: don't include SecurityManager
> -   * or VMSecurityManager.getClassContext in your result. Also, be sure that
> -   * you correctly handle the context if SecurityManager.getClassContext
> -   * was invoked by reflection).
> +   * Java stack. <code>getClassContext()[0]</code> is the class associated
> +   * with the currently executing method, i.e., the method that called
> +   * <code>SecurityManager.getClassContext()</code> or
> +   * <code>VMSecurityManager.getClassContext()</code> (possibly through
> +   * reflection). So you must be careful to pop off any of these stack
> +   * frames from the top of the stack if present:
> +   * <ul>
> +   * <li><code>SecurityManager.getClassContext()</code>
> +   * <li><code>VMSecurityManager.getClassContext()</code>
> +   * <li><code>Method.invoke()</code>
> +   * <li><code>Constructor.newInstance()</code>
> +   * </ul>

Oops, minor glitch: Constructor.newInstance() is not supposed to be listed 
there (i.e., none of Classpath's constructors invoke getClassContext()).

-Archie

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