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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"InMemoryJavaCompiler.compile() returns reference to old class when compiling a new class with the same name","articleBody":"If I ask InMemoryJavaCompiler to compile a new class with the same name as an existing class, the compile() method returns a reference to the existing class.\r\n\r\nMinimal example across two files, both in the default package, compiled and loaded on the classpath:\r\n\r\nExample.java:\r\n\r\n\r\n```\r\npublic class Example {\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\nMinimalExample.java:\r\n```\r\nimport org.mdkt.compiler.InMemoryJavaCompiler;\r\n\r\npublic class MinimalExample {\r\n\r\n    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {\r\n\r\n        Class\u003c?\u003e oldClass = Example.class;\r\n\r\n        InMemoryJavaCompiler compiler = InMemoryJavaCompiler.newInstance();\r\n        Class\u003c?\u003e newClass = compiler.compile(\"Example\", \"public class Example {\\n }\\n\");\r\n\r\n        if (oldClass.hashCode() == newClass.hashCode()) {\r\n            System.out.println(\"I have two copies of the old class.\");\r\n        }\r\n\r\n    }\r\n\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\nExpected behaviour: the class returned by compile should be the result of compiling the string passed to it.\r\n\r\nI think this is a bug. \r\n\r\nThanks very much for providing this library! I am very keen to use it in [Gin](https://github.com/gintool/gin) :-)\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/drdrwhite","@type":"Person","name":"drdrwhite"},"datePublished":"2017-11-28T15:03:39.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/16/InMemoryJavaCompiler/issues/16"}