[tcljava-dev] New TclClassLoader implementation needs testers

[Mo D. <md...@un...>]

Hi all

I have recently rewritten the TclClassLoader.java class used in Jacl and Tcl Blend
to take advantage of the JDK 1.2 class loader APIs. The Interp class now supports a
getClassLoader() API and the strange class loading bugs that some people were
running into with classes defined on env(TCL_CLASSPATH) should be solved.
I also added the ability to get resources defined in jars on the env(TCL_CLASSPATH).

While these bug fixes are good, the big change is that the TclClassLoader will now
delagate to the thread context class loader. This should fix any remaining problems
running Jacl in environments like WebSphere, Tomcat, JBoss, and others. Could
folks running Jacl in environments like these test out the current CVS head to
see if everything is working as expected?

thanks much
Mo DeJong