Re: [aspectj-users] Modifying the name of a class

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

This is usually done by just using a second class loader. Each class
loader virtually lives in its own namespace. There's not need to do
any renaming.

Apart from that I'd say "don't try this at home!" ;-)

Eric

On 20/11/2007, Hendrik Gani <s2116865@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dean Wampler wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure the answer is no. I'm curious what "use case" you have
> > in mind?
> >
> > dean
> Thanks for the response Dean,
>
> Simply saying, basically I would like to be able to load jdk classes
> from a different version of Java from the one I am using to run my
> application. For example: I run my application using Java5 and in the
> application I would like to load classes from Java1.4 JRE jar. I am not
> trying to replace Java5 classes with Java1.4 ones, but instead, want to
> use these two sets of classes independently, therefore in order to avoid
> problems (such as name conflicts and security manager restrictions) I
> have to rename the Java1.4 classes.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hendrik
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> > On Nov 20, 2007, at 9:19 PM, Hendrik Gani wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've been searching around and as I understand it, aspectj aims to
> >> provide flexibility for developers to modify class behaviour by
> >> allowing them to modify its fields, methods, constructors and even
> >> the inheritance hierarchy. Therefore I guess it wouldn't support
> >> arbitrary manipulation of a Java class (such as modifying its name),
> >> however I'll give it a shot anyway by posting the question in this
> >> mailing list.
> >> So, does anyone know whether we could aspectj to modify the name of a
> >> class?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Hendrik
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > Dean Wampler, Ph.D.
> > dean at objectmentor.com
> > http://www.objectmentor.com
> > See also:
> > http://www.aspectprogramming.com  AOP advocacy site
> > http://aquarium.rubyforge.org     AOP for Ruby
> > http://www.contract4j.org         Design by Contract for Java5
> >
> >
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Eric Bodden
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McGill University, Montréal, Canada