Fixed #1686.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/RemoteActor.scala b/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/RemoteActor.scala
index e9ec7794d6..0eee1d9ff8 100644
--- a/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/RemoteActor.scala
+++ b/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/RemoteActor.scala
@@ -38,23 +38,18 @@ package scala.actors.remote
  *  }
  *  </pre>
  *
- * @version 0.9.17
+ * @version 0.9.18
  * @author Philipp Haller
  */
 object RemoteActor {
 
   private val kernels = new scala.collection.mutable.HashMap[Actor, NetKernel]
 
-  private var cl: ClassLoader = try {
-    ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader()
-  } catch {
-    case sec: SecurityException =>
-      Debug.info(this+": caught "+sec)
-      null
-    case ise: IllegalStateException =>
-      Debug.info(this+": caught "+ise)
-      null
-  }
+  /* If set to <code>null</code> (default), the default class loader
+   * of <code>java.io.ObjectInputStream</code> is used for deserializing
+   * objects sent as messages.
+   */
+  private var cl: ClassLoader = null
 
   def classLoader: ClassLoader = cl
   def classLoader_=(x: ClassLoader) { cl = x }
diff --git a/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/TcpService.scala b/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/TcpService.scala
index 3630858e1a..b0b3b1392a 100644
--- a/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/TcpService.scala
+++ b/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/TcpService.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ package scala.actors.remote
 
 import java.io.{DataInputStream, DataOutputStream, IOException}
 import java.lang.{Thread, SecurityException}
-import java.net.{InetAddress, ServerSocket, Socket, UnknownHostException, URLClassLoader}
+import java.net.{InetAddress, ServerSocket, Socket, UnknownHostException}
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
 import scala.util.Random