On 21 Nov 2003, at 12:22, Torsten Curdt wrote:
Ok, I understand the point. I've been thinking long ago about a "CompilingClassLoader", i.e a classloader to which we don't give .class files, but .java files and that compiles them on the fly and recompiles them automatically when needed. BeanShell may provide something similar without needing to write this complex classloader.
Well, we have something for XSP ...don't we?
Yes, the eclipse compiler works like this: you pass a Classloader (for the class dependencies) and a Inputstream (for the source code) and you get a Class back. Everything happens in memory.
Keep in mind, though, that if you want to do autoreload, dependency checking can get *really* nasty, not on compiling but on classloading.
BTW, these issues should be solved by the block manager which isolates classloading contexts per block.
-- Stefano.
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