cool thanks Thanks ./Sam
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 5:05 AM Michael Rasmussen < michael.rasmus...@roguewave.com> wrote: > On 9/18/19 2:47 PM, Sam Thomas wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to understand if a class will load as soon as all the > transformers return. The aim is to get a class reference of a class I have > seen in my transformer. > > Short answer: no. > > Trying to define a class can cause other classes to try to be loaded > before (for instance the super types), meaning when you're done > transforming class A, the same thread might try to load multiple other > classes before it finishes defining A. > And if any of these fail, A will also fail to be defined. > > > Also if there is way to get the same without triggering class loading - > if the class is not loaded return a null reference. > > ClassLoader has a protected method findLoadedClass that checks if a class > is loaded by that classloader and returns the Class instance if so, or null > otherwise. > But as mentioned, the method is protected so normally not accessible > outside the classloader itself. > > /Michael >
