Re: [cp-patches] Fix for VMClassLoader.getResource()

[Archie Cobbs]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> Archie> VMClassLoader.getResource() does not handle ZIP files on the
> Archie> boot loader class path. The attached patch fixes this.
>
> I've been working in this area recently for libgcj.
>
> What I ended up doing is creating a helper subclass of URLClassLoader
> that has some additional methods (to wrap findClass() and the like --
> an in particular to avoid delegation).  Then I made VMClassLoader use
> this.  This has the nice quality that it can handle any kind of URL
> without duplicating any of the code in URLClassLoader.
>
> We could bless this as an official approach and put it in the
> Classpath reference implementation.

That sounds like a decent approach. Do you plan to commit that soon?
If not I can commit my patch as an interim solution.

-Achie

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