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  2. JDK-6537080

Annotation API should allow developers to specify which ClassLoader instance to use for classloading

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      If an annotation takes java.lang.Class as the value type:

      @Target(ElementType.PACKAGE)
      @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
      public @interface MainClass {
          Class value();
      }

      At runtime, the raw annotation information in the class files is examined lazily, and the "current" classloader for the code making the getAnnotations call is used.

      The problem is - this might not be the ClassLoader developers want to use. Thus, there should be a new API for reading annotations that let you specify which ClassLoader to use.

      This functionality is also useful for simplifying the annotation usages in JSR-277. This should be addressed in SE 7 if possible.

            darcy Joe Darcy
            stanleyh Stanley Ho (Inactive)
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