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Guillaume Nodet commented on FELIX-953:
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There are two things.
The first problem is stated by the issue description: Bundle.loadClass()
sometimes returns null instead of throwing a ClassNotFoundException which is
against the ClassLoader specification (it is supposed to either returns the
loaded class or throw an exception, but never return a null value). This
issue, along with a possible NPE are solved in the attached patch.
The second issue is more about inconsistencies / bad documentation. Usually, I
do tend to think that loading classes always follow the ClassLoader
specifiation: i.e. never returns null. So any change from that should be
explicitely stated in the javadoc imho. I guess this issue has more to deal
with me not fully understanding the code though.
> Bundle#loadClass sometimes return null instead of throwing a CNFE
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: FELIX-953
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-953
> Project: Felix
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Framework
> Reporter: Guillaume Nodet
> Priority: Blocker
> Attachments: FELIX-953.patch
>
>
> Here is a patch:
> {code}
> Index: src/main/java/org/apache/felix/framework/Felix.java
> ===================================================================
> --- src/main/java/org/apache/felix/framework/Felix.java (revision 746347)
> +++ src/main/java/org/apache/felix/framework/Felix.java (working copy)
> @@ -1338,7 +1338,12 @@
> throw new ClassNotFoundException(name, ex);
> }
> }
> - return bundle.getCurrentModule().getClassByDelegation(name);
> + Class clazz = bundle.getCurrentModule().getClassByDelegation(name);
> + if (clazz == null)
> + {
> + throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
> + }
> + return clazz;
> }
>
> /**
> {code}
> I'm wondering if there any reason why ModuleImpl#getClassByDelegation(String)
> returns null instead of throwing a NPE.
> Browsing through the code, it seems there are several places where a null
> value is checked, then a CNFE thrown.
> This would also avoid possible NPE in felix code as in
> Felix#createBundleActivator.
> I think it would be nice to iron the definition of
> IModule#getClassByDelegation to either remove the thrown CNFE or never
> returns null, as currently both can happen.
> The IWire interface has exactly the same problem.
> I will try to come up with a patch which will never return a null value for
> both interfaces.
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