Dynamically loading Java class in RPG?

Hi y'all



We've discussed recently how the JVM does not recognize changes to things like CLASSPATH environment variable once it is started.



I just saw something about dynamically loading classes - and wondered if this is possible in RPG. It uses the ClassLoader class, and there don't seem to be a lot of steps to it - here's an example in Java -



public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] args){

    ClassLoader classLoader = MainClass.class.getClassLoader();

    try {
        Class aClass = classLoader.loadClass("com.jenkov.MyClass");
        System.out.println("aClass.getName() = " + aClass.getName());
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}


I honestly don't know yet how to translate this to RPG object data types and Java prototypes, if someone has a summary like the one Barbara Morris prepared for C/C++ prototypes, that'd be very cool.



It seems this would get us around having either to sign off or start a batch job with CPYENVVAR(*YES), probably.



Or is it possible to end a JVM in my job?



Ah, questions!! Questions!!



Vern