2003-03-15 Jeroen Frijters <jeroen@sumatra.nl>

       * vm/reference/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java (loadClass): Changed
       documentation to make clear null can be returned to signal that the
       class wasn't found.
       * java/lang/ClassLoader.java (loadClass(String,boolean)): Added check
       for null return value from VMClassLoader.loadClass.
       * vm/reference/java/lang/Class.java
       (forName(String,boolean,ClassLoader)): Likewise.
       * NEWS: Add note about VM interface changes.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/vm/reference/java/lang/Class.java b/vm/reference/java/lang/Class.java
index 1ed01eb01..de2b5b240 100755
--- a/vm/reference/java/lang/Class.java
+++ b/vm/reference/java/lang/Class.java
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ public final class Class implements Serializable
             if (cl != null)
               sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("getClassLoader"));
           }
-	return VMClassLoader.loadClass(name, initialize);
+	Class c = VMClassLoader.loadClass(name, initialize);
+        if (c != null)
+          return c;
+        throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
       }
     return classloader.loadClass(name, initialize);
   }