[PATCH 0/2] Class- and class loader-local storage (Bug ID #6493635)

[Bob Lee]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:48 PM, David M. Lloyd <david.lloyd at redhat.com> wrote:
> I don't think you understood what I wrote

I understood. I just think you're trying to solve a problem that no
one really has. 99% of the time, the problem is with a class from a
parent class loader keeping a strong reference to a class in a child
class loader.

If a class in a child class loader wants to keep a reference to a
class in a parent class loader, it can just do so directly--no need
for a weak reference.

It sounds to me like you want to support both cases at once, but I
don't think anyone really has this problem. At least, I've never seen
it. If they do, they should:

 a) redesign their code, or
 b) keep two maps, one for classes in child loaders (which need weak
refs), and one for classes in parent loaders (which don't)

Bob