Overriding single classes from rt.jar

Question

I\'m looking for a neat way to override a class from the bootstrap class path, rt.jar. The reason is OpenJDK7 bug http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bu

Answer 1

You can use the VM parameter -Xbootclasspath/p to prepend your own JAR file with the patched class to the boot class path.