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

[Hendrik Gani <s2116865@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Many years ago before I knew about AJ, I created a program that
>> writes a Java program, invokes the compiler, then uses reflection to
>> load the created program.  Couldn't he do something similar and use
>> AJ to simplify the modification process?  Admittedly, he might need
>> to start a child ClassLoader and unload the whole thing if he needs
>> to load, unload, modify, and reload; however, he shouldn't even need
>> to do that if he only needs to load the modified version once per
>> program execution.
>>     
>
> I see what you mean - that's quite clever. However, for me that's not
> "at runtime" but "At load time". As you mention, it's hard (if not
> impossible) to replace stuff at runtime that has already been loaded.
> That was what I meant.
>   
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?

Thanks,

Hendrik