I have gotten both of these techniques to work. Thanks for your responses. I
second getting the ClassLoader issues straightened out - that seems to
plague alot of servlet engines/containers and j2ee servers.
- Kit
----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Neward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: Dynamic class loading in servlet
> If you don't want to use Beans, you can always go with
>
> Class.forName("package.class", true, this.getClass().getClassLoader())
>
> However, if you're loaded under the Extension ClassLoader, problems arise
> with this; I wrote a paper on this and how to get around it:
> http://www.javageeks.com/Papers/ClassForName
>
> Orion team: Make sure you get this ClassLoader thing right--BEA/WebLogic
> doesn't, I know for a fact.....
>
> Ted Neward
> Java Instructor, DevelopMentor ( http://www.develop.com )
> http://www.javageeks.com/~tneward
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, March 06, 2000 8:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Dynamic class loading in servlet
>
>
> >Hi,
> >Did you try Beans.instantiate(this.getClass().getClassLoader(),
> >"my.package.Classname") ? This would use the same classloader as servlet
> was
> >loaded in assuming "this" is the servlet? We had to do this going from
JRun
> >to Orion and this is a much
> >better way for Servlet 2.2 API.
> >Eric :-)
> >Kit Cragin wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know how to load a class at runtime from a servlet within
the
> >> Orion environment? I was able to do it using JRun 2.3.3 by getting the
> >> servlet's class loader and instantiating a class based on its name.
This
> >> does not seem to work under Orion: I get a ClassNotFoundException.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Kit
> >
>
>
>
