Questions about JDK-8136353 "ClassValue preventing class unloading"

[William ML Leslie]

On 7 January 2016 at 07:34, Peter Levart <peter.levart at gmail.com> wrote:
> ClassValue API could use a different strategy and reference the cached
> instance of type T from ClassValue<T> instance instead, but then you would
> have a problem with ClassValue instances reachable from other class loaders
> than the cached instances of type T.
>
> Regards, Peter

Is the problem with this strategy [together with a
java.util.WeakHashMap] that without this strong reference to the Class
object, the Class itself could be collected?

-- 
William Leslie

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