On 21/01/2013 20:30, Konstantin Kolinko wrote: > 2013/1/21 Peter Lavin <lav...@cs.tcd.ie>: >> >> Dear List, >> >> My web application needs to deserialize both classes and objects which are >> sent to it. >> >> I'm using Base64 serialization, and when I transport full <name>.class file >> to a service, I can deserialize it with no problem using >> ObjectInputStream.readObject(). I also need to transport instances of >> certain classes to the application but without having the benefit of having >> the class loaded in the WebappClassLoader. Not surprisingly, deserializing >> an instance of a class fails for ClassNotFoundException. >> >> My question: When I need to transport an instance of a class, I can easily >> also transport the full class. This full class can be instantiated if >> required. How could I load this class to the WebappClassLoader and have it >> available there for when I need to call ois.readObject()? I want to load the >> (full) class to the WebClassLoader to over come the ClassNotFoundException. >> > > The same as with any other ClassLoader: > use the bytes and call ClassLoader.defineClass(..), then > ClassLoader.resolveClass(..).
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