Application Class Loader problem calling virtual function

Question

Hello everyone
I have run in to very strange behavior of JVM
I have created a class loader which allows my to load classes from
jar file, regardless that URLClassLoader supplies this functionality.
I am using this class loader to load some classes and call their virtual functions. The class diagram looks like that:
public interface I {
   public void init();
public class AAA implements
   public void init(){
public class BBB extends AAA{
   public void init(){
      //here comes implementation
}Interface I and class AAA are loaded with System Class loader and Class BBB is loaded using my class loader from jar file.
ByteStreamClassLoader  classLoader =  new ByteStreamClassLoader  ();
Class cl = classLoader. loadClass(�com.product.BBB�,true);
I myInterface = cl.newInstance();
myInterface.init();The problem is that from some unknown reason java class AAA.init() instead of BBB.init().
Can somebody help me what am I doing wrong?
Class Loader code attached below
  public class ByteStreamClassLoader   extends ClassLoader {
    protected HashMap m_cache = new HashMap();
    public void clearCashe() {
      m_cache = new HashMap();
    private String definePackage(String className) {
      StringBuilder strB = new StringBuilder();
      //Class name must be removed from the URI in order to define a package
      String[] packageArray = className.split("\\.");
      for (int i = 0; i < packageArray.length - 1; i++) {
        strB.append(packageArray).append(".");
String packageName = strB.toString();
packageName = packageName.substring(0, packageName.length() - 1);
if (getPackage(packageName) == null) {
m_logger.log(Level.FINEST, "Defining package '" + packageName + "'");
definePackage(packageName, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
return packageName;
public synchronized Class loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) throws
ClassNotFoundException {
name = name.replaceAll("/", ".").replaceAll(".class", "");
//Try to locate the Class in cashe
Class c = (Class) m_cache.get(name);
//Try to locate the Class in the System Class Loader
if (c == null) {
try {
c = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass(name);
catch (Exception ex) {}
else {
m_logger.log(Level.FINEST, "Class '" + name + "' found in cache");
//Load the class from byte array
if (c == null) {
String resourceName = name;
if (!resourceName.endsWith(".class")) {
resourceName = resourceName.concat(".class");
//Retrieve class byte representation
if (resourceName.indexOf(".") != -1) {
resourceName =
resourceName.replaceAll("\\.", "/").replaceAll("/class", ".class");
//Use the ByteStreamClassLoader to load the class from byte array
byte[] classByteArray = null;
try {
classByteArray = getResourceBytes(resourceName);
catch (IOException ex1) {
throw new ClassNotFoundException(
"Could not load class data." + ex1.getMessage());
m_logger.log(
Level.FINEST, "Loading class '" +
name + "' Byte Length: " + classByteArray.length);
String p = definePackage(name);
c = defineClass(
name,
classByteArray,
0,
classByteArray.length,
ByteStreamClassLoader.class.getProtectionDomain());
m_cache.put(name, c);
if (resolve) {
resolveClass(c);
return c;

Answer 1

Hello everyone
I have run in to very strange behavior of JVM
I have created a class loader which allows my to load classes from
jar file, regardless that URLClassLoader supplies this functionality.
I am using this class loader to load some classes and call their virtual functions. The class diagram looks like that:
public interface I {
   public void init();
public class AAA implements
   public void init(){
public class BBB extends AAA{
   public void init(){
      //here comes implementation
}Interface I and class AAA are loaded with System Class loader and Class BBB is loaded using my class loader from jar file.
ByteStreamClassLoader  classLoader =  new ByteStreamClassLoader  ();
Class cl = classLoader. loadClass(�com.product.BBB�,true);
I myInterface = cl.newInstance();
myInterface.init();The problem is that from some unknown reason java class AAA.init() instead of BBB.init().
Can somebody help me what am I doing wrong?
Class Loader code attached below
  public class ByteStreamClassLoader   extends ClassLoader {
    protected HashMap m_cache = new HashMap();
    public void clearCashe() {
      m_cache = new HashMap();
    private String definePackage(String className) {
      StringBuilder strB = new StringBuilder();
      //Class name must be removed from the URI in order to define a package
      String[] packageArray = className.split("\\.");
      for (int i = 0; i < packageArray.length - 1; i++) {
        strB.append(packageArray).append(".");
String packageName = strB.toString();
packageName = packageName.substring(0, packageName.length() - 1);
if (getPackage(packageName) == null) {
m_logger.log(Level.FINEST, "Defining package '" + packageName + "'");
definePackage(packageName, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
return packageName;
public synchronized Class loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) throws
ClassNotFoundException {
name = name.replaceAll("/", ".").replaceAll(".class", "");
//Try to locate the Class in cashe
Class c = (Class) m_cache.get(name);
//Try to locate the Class in the System Class Loader
if (c == null) {
try {
c = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass(name);
catch (Exception ex) {}
else {
m_logger.log(Level.FINEST, "Class '" + name + "' found in cache");
//Load the class from byte array
if (c == null) {
String resourceName = name;
if (!resourceName.endsWith(".class")) {
resourceName = resourceName.concat(".class");
//Retrieve class byte representation
if (resourceName.indexOf(".") != -1) {
resourceName =
resourceName.replaceAll("\\.", "/").replaceAll("/class", ".class");
//Use the ByteStreamClassLoader to load the class from byte array
byte[] classByteArray = null;
try {
classByteArray = getResourceBytes(resourceName);
catch (IOException ex1) {
throw new ClassNotFoundException(
"Could not load class data." + ex1.getMessage());
m_logger.log(
Level.FINEST, "Loading class '" +
name + "' Byte Length: " + classByteArray.length);
String p = definePackage(name);
c = defineClass(
name,
classByteArray,
0,
classByteArray.length,
ByteStreamClassLoader.class.getProtectionDomain());
m_cache.put(name, c);
if (resolve) {
resolveClass(c);
return c;