DO NOT REPLY [Bug 26215] New: - ClassUtils.loadClass() loses classloaders for classes in certain circustances

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ClassUtils.loadClass() loses classloaders for classes in certain circustances

           Summary: ClassUtils.loadClass() loses classloaders for classes in
                    certain circustances
           Product: Axis
           Version: 1.1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Serialization/Deserialization
        AssignedTo: axis-dev@ws.apache.org
        ReportedBy: penko@rila.bg


The situation appears with Arrays of Object when they are loaded.
When I publish the service into the Axisi Engine I change the 
contextClassLoader (My services come with a different classloader):
      ClassLoader classLoader = serviceClass.getClassLoader();
      ClassLoader oldClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader
();
      Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(classLoader);
 . . .. .

So now everyting is fine as the classes that are publishted are loaded with the 
contextClassLoader, returning the old context class loader the published 
classes cannot be used.

So I made the following change in the ClassUtils.loadClass() line 183:
       try {
         // Try the context class loader
         Object foundObj;
         ClassLoader classLoader =
                Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         foundObj = Class.forName(className, true, classLoader);

         // SET THE CLASS LOADER FOR THIS CLASS
         setClassLoader(className, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader
());
         return foundObj;
       } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe2) {
 ....................

 Now when the class is loadeded once it remains in the list of loaded classes 
with its classloader