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How to get classloader for a bundle in equinox?

I have read a lot of equinox code for this, but still can't figure out a non-hacky way of getting the classloader for a osgi bundle in eclipse equinox setup. Is there one?

Solution

  • The short answer (certainly for OSGi 4.1, not sure of 4.2) is you can't get a bundle's classloader. However the Bundle interface exposes a loadClass() method and this would allow you to write a classloader that wraps the bundle API and delegates to that loadClass() method. Or you can save some time and use Spring DM's BundleDelegatingClassLoader class instead.