get Class package and location returns null when use <context:load-time-weaver/> [SPR-14736]

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jasperMin opened SPR-14736 and commented

Recently, I use "context:load-time-weaver/" config to support @Configurable annotation in my project.I found serious problems below when I trace the errors in my project.
1.XXX.class.getPackage() returns null
2.XXX.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation() returns null
These problems disappear when I don't use "context:load-time-weaver/".
The code "XXX.class.getPackage()" is used in many dependencies such as the static method in com.mysql.jdbc.Util:

packageName = MultiHostConnectionProxy.class.getPackage().getName();

The null result of Class.getPackage() causes NullPointerException.

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Juergen Hoeller commented

Note that Class.getPackage() is allowed to return {{null}: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html#getPackage()

This is also why we do not rely on Class.getPackage() within our own codebase. It's arguably a bug that MySQL relies on that method to deliver a non-null result; instead, it should extract the package name from the fully-qualified class name which is the only safe option there.

As for our own load-time weaving exposing the package and protection domain there, that's worth considering as an improvement.

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jasperMin commented

I did create a bug for Mysql :http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=83052
And, I hope this improvement could be released soon, best in next version. Haaa!
Cause we can't expect all the dependencies won't rely on the non-null result of

Class.getpackage()

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THX!