Aaron Mulder wrote: > http://people.apache.org/~ammulder/classloaders.png > > However, I'm not sure how useful it will be -- it'll show you > dependencies at the class loader level, but it won't tell you which > class loaders hold a particular class or which class loader you're > actually getting at some point when an error is uncovered.
Also, it still needs arrows. :) Right now, the code for that graph produces SVG. It would be great to make it interactive so that you could drag the nodes around, click on a node to load a div that shows which classes are loaded in it, and maybe even collapse certain branches. At JavaOne, I got a few simple JavaScript behaviors working with the graph prototype, but I'm not sure how complex it would be to add full-out drag and drop. Perhaps you can throw the code into the sandbox so other people can check it out and build on it? If I recall correctly, I was careful to make sure that all of its dependencies have Apache-compatible licenses, (which was actually quite difficult). Alternatively, someone could create and share a non-ASF-hosted plugin that makes use of one of the many LGPL graph libraries out there. Cheers, Erin
