Re: [aspectj-users] Dynamically modifying Java class structure

["Eric Bodden" <eric.bodden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am probably not the most competent person but I am quite sure that
it's not more than:

myClassLoader = null;

A class loader and all its loaded classes can be GC'ed if the class
loader can be GC'ed, IIRC.

Eric

On 23/10/2007, Hendrik Gani <s2116865@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kevin F wrote:
> > Cool.. I didn't realize the Sun JVM allowed that much flexibility
> > nowadays.  I only knew you could unload an entire ClassLoader which
> > would unload all the classes that ClassLoader had loaded.
> If you don't mind me asking (since it's a bit off topic), how do you
> unload a ClassLoader? Does it just involve some API calls or does it
> involve jvm-specific features?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hendrik
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Oct 18, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Dean Wampler wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Oct 17, 2007, at 8:48 AM, Hendrik Gani wrote:
> >>
> >>>> ...
> >>> Hi guys,
> >>>
> >>> In my case, my program doesn't need to be able to swap the loaded class
> >>> at runtime, but just out of curiosity, is it really possible to
> >>> unload a
> >>> class in Java as mentioned by Kevin?
> >>
> >> Apparently it is: http://www.zeroturnaround.com/javarebel/features/
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Hendrik
> >>
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Eric Bodden
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McGill University, Montréal, Canada