ExceptionHidingLoader.java

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/* @test
   @bug 4135104
   @summary If a badly behaved ClassLoader returns null but doesn't
            raise an exception, the VM core dumps.
*/


public class ExceptionHidingLoader extends ClassLoader {

    protected Class findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return null;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        boolean exception = false;

        try {
            Class.forName("aha", false, new ExceptionHidingLoader());
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            /* VM was smart enough to detect the problem and raise an
               exception. */
            exception = true;
        }
        if (!exception) {
            throw new Exception("Bogus loader behavior not being corrected");
        }
    }

}