Is it possible to restart Java VM?

[bgyori]

Is there any way to restart the Java VM after having imported autoclass? The motivation for this would be to be able to change the VM configuration during runtime (e.g., put a new JAR file on the CLASSPATH). This is currently explicitly disallowed, see for instance: https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/blob/master/jnius_config.py#L18
Given that it is not possible to change configurations while the VM is running, I was wondering if one could change the configuration and restart the VM for the change to take effect.

[kevinmartinjos]

I would be interested in something like this as well

[tshirtman]

Is #434 any help?

[bgyori]

@tshirtman no, #434 describes a standard method to be able to import autoclass in multiple submodules of a package while having the Java VM launched in a consistent place - this is all fine and I've been using this routinely myself. However, this does not solve the issue of being able to restart the Java VM during runtime (with a different configuration each time), or to have multiple modules use different Java VMs with different configurations simultaneously.

[bgyori]

Looking more closely, I realize you may be referring to the Stackoverflow link in that thread rather than the main issue raised in the thread. The addPath method seems interesting, I'll look into it, but I am not sure it will work in my case since I would need to be able to both add and remove JARs from the CLASSPATH (due to conflicting JARs used by different modules that cannot be simultaneously on the CLASSPATH).