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Bug 7671 - ClassElement.forName() does not find inner classes in the default package
Summary: ClassElement.forName() does not find inner classes in the default package
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Unsupported (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: All All
: P4 normal (vote)
Assignee: issues@java
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Reported: 2000-09-15 14:59 UTC by Svata Dedic
Modified: 2007-09-26 09:14 UTC (History)
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Description Svata Dedic 2000-09-15 14:59:34 UTC 
Reproduction:
Create a public class in the default package [root of a filesystem] and put an
innerclass into it. Then, execute ClassElement.forName("outerclass.innerclass")
- the result is null although the class CAN be found based on its filename.
Comment 1 Svata Dedic 2000-09-19 14:39:59 UTC 
*** Bug 7712 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 13:19:47 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.