since everybody else talks about how dorky they are.  If you want to cast something dynamically.  ie.

ABCD abdc = (DynamicCastHere) something.get("abcd");

Lets say, you dont know what DynamicCastHere is until runtime.  I had to pull all this BS.

// Get the python interpreter, reflection code added due to classloading issues.
Class clJy1 = objJyPlugin.getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass("org.spirit.util.JythonUtilPlugin");
Method m = clJy1.getMethod("getInterpreter", null);
log.info("Method: " + m);
PythonInterpreter interp = (PythonInterpreter) m.invoke(objJyPlugin, null);
log.info(">>> Interpreter=" + interp);

Method m2 = clJy1.getMethod("getInternalName", null);
String intName = (String) m2.invoke(objJyPlugin, null);
log.info(">>> InternalName =" + intName);

MY EYES!

And why did you do that? For the sake of it or for work?

There were issues with a classloader in a servlet container and I couldnt change the classloading policy.  It is basically basic reflection code.

But it's a jython problem, isn't it?

No, the jython part is irrelevant.  The issue was calling.

context.getAttribute();

When putting objects on the servletcontext, it was difficult to get the objects back.

Then it's the servlet container problem :)

This is the struts based python code.  Semi related:

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