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

I think @ziesemer is correct, but you may be able to use the classloader to replace the offending class when your app is bootstrapping. This may be cleaner if you don't want to worry about the JDK updating underneath you, though you'd have to stick this bootstrapping classloader code into every app you are working on.