java.system.class.loader Not Working

[kg1]

Alrightey, I needed a way to replace the bootstrap class loader (the main-est class loader) with my own for applets, and I found out that you can do this by adding the java.system.class.loader property to the Runtime Parameters text that is in the Java Control Panel. However, it doesn't seem to work and I'm kinda stumped as to why.



I set the Runtime Parameters text to:

-cp "C:\Documents and Settings\Yo\Desktop" -Djava.system.class.loader=CL2000

And I also tried: -cp="C:\Documents and Settings\Yo\Desktop" (equals sign), but it made no difference.

Here is my own class loader:

public class CL2000 extends ClassLoader {

	public CL2000() {
		commandUser();
	}

	public CL2000(ClassLoader parent) {
		super(parent);
		commandUser();
	}

	private void commandUser() {
		System.out.println("eat it");
	}

}

If it was working, the Java Console would contain the command to the user, but it doesn't because something's not right.

So what am I doing wrong?

[lovelesh]

I doubt if you can write a bootstrap class loader, coz a bootstrap class loader is integral part of jvm. As bootstrap class loader is responsible for loading core java classes like java.lang.object, etc. You must provide the logic to load all these classes.
Moreover, it has to be written in native code.

[kg1]

Okay, it's probably not the bootstrap class loader but the one that loads the non-standard, user-created classes (i.e., not ones like Object, Point, Canvas, but the ones old man Jenkins wrote).

If I invoke a class that has a main method via the java command, everything seems to work fine.

java -Djava.system.class.loader=CL2000 SomeClass

So that yields this in the console:

eat it //my class loader's message
SomeClass executed!

I thought maybe changing the location of files might do the trick. So I set the Runtime Parameters text to (and of course moved CL2000):

-cp="C:/" -Djava.system.class.loader=CL2000

I think it works because instead of an applet loading as usual and not having the class loader message in the Java Console, it just shows a black box for the applet... and no Java Console on top of that.
Now why's this happening?