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Bug 346877 - Replace Class.forName with ClassLoader.loadClass
Summary: Replace Class.forName with ClassLoader.loadClass
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WTP Source Editing
Classification: WebTools
Component: wst.xpath (show other bugs)
Version: 3.3   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
QA Contact: Jesper Moller CLA
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Reported: 2011-05-23 11:19 EDT by David Carver CLA
Modified: 2011-05-23 11:19 EDT (History)
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Description David Carver CLA 2011-05-23 11:19:32 EDT 
Class.forName can hold classes in memory, and in general is not very friendly with OSGI.   We should analyze the code, and make any necessary changes to replace Class.forName usage with ClassLoader.loadClass instead.

http://www.osgi.org/blog/2011/05/what-you-should-know-about-class.html
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-03/01-qa-0314-forname.html