Name: akC45999 Date: 11/02/98



Description of the class java.lang.Class.forName reads:

Throws:
LinkageError - if the linkage fails

As JLS 12.3.3 "Resolution of Symbolic References" states, linking
includes access checks which throws IllegalAccessError when acces is not permitted.

However, the follwing simple test shows that Class.forName() does not
perform access check.

------------------------- file resolveClass00705.java
package javasoft.sqe.tests.vm.constantpool.resolveClass.resolveClass00705;

import java.io.PrintStream;

public class resolveClass00705 {

  public static int run(String argv[], PrintStream out) {

try{
Class.forName ("javasoft.sqe.tests.vm.constantpool.resolveClass.resolveClass00705.AlienPakage.AlienClass");
out.println("No exception.");
return 2/*STATUS_FAILED*/;
} catch (IllegalAccessError e) {
return 0/*STATUS_PASSED*/;
} catch (ThreadDeath e) {
throw e;
} catch (Throwable e) {
out.println("Unexpected exception " + e);
return 2/*STATUS_FAILED*/;
}
  }

  public static void main(String argv[]) {
System.exit(run(argv, System.out) + 95/*STATUS_TEMP*/);
  }
} // end class resolveClass00705

------------------------- file resolveClass00705.java
package javasoft.sqe.tests.vm.constantpool.resolveClass.resolveClass00705.AlienPakage;

class AlienClass {
}

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Running the test:

novo64% java -fullversion
java full version "JDK-1.2fcs-P"
novo64% javac -d . AlienClass.java resolveClass00705.java
novo64% java -verify javasoft.sqe.tests.vm.constantpool.resolveClass.resolveClass00705.resolveClass00705
No exception.
novo64%

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