[Ikvm-developers] issue with getPackageName() API

[Neeraj A. <nee...@gm...>]

Hi,

I used IKVM to convert my existing java binaries to .NET assembly (dll). In
my .NET run, I see getPackageName() API returning null for a class. I can
see that there is some package name for that class. Digging further I found
the issue is probably in VMClassLoader.cs.
This class registers to AssemblyLoad event. A cache of all the types (from
currently loaded assembly) is maintained by this class. This cache is reset
as soon as AssemblyLoad event is triggered. However it is possible that this
event is triggered during the cache is being populated. To be specific,
between AppDomain.get_CurrentDomain().GetAssemblies() and packageCache =
packages. So the cache does not contains types for any assemblies loaded
during the cache population process.
This is observed in IKVM version 28.1 [also reproducible on versions 26 and
24].

Please correct me if I am overlooking or misinterpreting anything here.

Thanks,
Neeraj