I took out the inline class CustomObjectInputStream from FileStore and put it in org.apache.catalina.util since I need it for the JDBCStore too. There's also a patch for StandardSession.java to return if the stream is null instead of giving a NullPointerException, maybe it should throw an Exception instead of returning? At least it won't corrupt the current Context if a session load is corrupt. ..bip Index: CustomObjectInputStream.java =================================================================== /* * CustomObjectInputStream.java * $Header$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ * * ==================================================================== * * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 * * Copyright (c) 1999 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights * reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * 1. 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For more * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see * <http://www.apache.org/>. * * [Additional notices, if required by prior licensing conditions] * */ package org.apache.catalina.util; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectStreamClass; /** * Custom subclass of <code>ObjectInputStream</code> that loads from the * class loader for this web application. This allows classes defined only * with the web application to be found correctly. * * @author Craig R. McClanahan * @author Bip Thelin * @version $Revision$, $Date$ */ public final class CustomObjectInputStream extends ObjectInputStream { /** * The class loader we will use to resolve classes. */ private ClassLoader classLoader = null; /** * Construct a new instance of CustomObjectInputStream * * @param stream The input stream we will read from * @param classLoader The class loader used to instantiate objects * * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs */ public CustomObjectInputStream(InputStream stream, ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException { super(stream); this.classLoader = classLoader; } /** * Load the local class equivalent of the specified stream class * description, by using the class loader assigned to this Context. * * @param classDesc Class description from the input stream * * @exception ClassNotFoundException if this class cannot be found * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs */ protected Class resolveClass(ObjectStreamClass classDesc) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException { return (classLoader.loadClass(classDesc.getName())); } } Index: StandardSession.java =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/session/StandardSession.java,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -r1.15 StandardSession.java --- StandardSession.java 2001/03/17 00:28:05 1.15 +++ StandardSession.java 2001/04/07 23:57:57 @@ -1101,6 +1101,9 @@ private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException { + if(stream == null) + return; + // Deserialize the scalar instance variables (except Manager) authType = null; // Transient only creationTime = ((Long) stream.readObject()).longValue(); Index: FileStore.java =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/session/FileStore.java,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.2 FileStore.java --- FileStore.java 2001/02/03 20:36:18 1.2 +++ FileStore.java 2001/04/07 23:58:47 @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ import org.apache.catalina.Session; import org.apache.catalina.Store; import org.apache.catalina.Container; +import org.apache.catalina.util.CustomObjectInputStream; import org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport; import org.apache.catalina.util.StringManager; @@ -307,7 +308,6 @@ * @param manager The newly associated Manager */ public void setManager(Manager manager) { - Manager oldManager = this.manager; this.manager = manager; support.firePropertyChange("manager", oldManager, this.manager); @@ -816,60 +816,4 @@ } } - - // -------------------------------------------------------- Private Classes - - - /** - * Custom subclass of <code>ObjectInputStream</code> that loads from the - * class loader for this web application. This allows classes defined only - * with the web application to be found correctly. - */ - private static final class CustomObjectInputStream - extends ObjectInputStream { - - - /** - * The class loader we will use to resolve classes. - */ - private ClassLoader classLoader = null; - - - /** - * Construct a new instance of CustomObjectInputStream - * - * @param stream The input stream we will read from - * @param classLoader The class loader used to instantiate objects - * - * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs - */ - public CustomObjectInputStream(InputStream stream, - ClassLoader classLoader) - throws IOException { - - super(stream); - this.classLoader = classLoader; - - } - - - /** - * Load the local class equivalent of the specified stream class - * description, by using the class loader assigned to this Context. - * - * @param classDesc Class description from the input stream - * - * @exception ClassNotFoundException if this class cannot be found - * @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs - */ - protected Class resolveClass(ObjectStreamClass classDesc) - throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException { - - return (classLoader.loadClass(classDesc.getName())); - - } - - - } - }