[Beanbrowser-develop]Re: BeanBrowser Class Loading

[Mark J. <ma...@lo...>]

Frank,
    I handle some class loading issues on the client and in the server.
The Client is a little more advanced, but neither does exactly what you
are looking for.  Unfortunately for you, it is acceptable for the
BeanClient and BeanServer to each load a single copy of any class in
particular, for each execution.  It will load classes over the web, etc..,
but there are issues which require the classes to also be in the
classpath...I digress.
    I think I looked into doing what you are doing, and backed off in
fear.  I don't recall a way to remove a class from the classloader.  I
think it is possible to get a limited level of the functionality you
specify by using "serialID" on your class.  If you get into this, expect a
world of frustration.  I recommend you find a way to work around this
requirement (could be hard) or perhaps utilizing multiple classloaders.
    If you learn something special, let me know, because I will be
revisiting my classloading functionality in a month or two.  Best of luck.

Mark