Under Linux, Play! does not sort allClasses list in ApplicationClassloader - wrong order of job execution

If I want to do some work on application start using @OnApplicationStart annotation, it is not guaranteed that these jobs will be executed with priority. To overcome this, it is advised to prefix these classes with "A". After loading all classes on application start, Play! is sorting the list WHILE NOT in precompiled mode (line 449 in ApplicationClassloader class on Play! 1.5.2). While IN precompiled mode, Play! does not sort the list and job classes are executed in order they were put on the list. Under Windows typically this will be in alphabetical order, under Linux it is not guaranteed that the order will be alphabetical.

To fix this, Collections.sort:449 in class ApplicationClassloader should be executed after Play! is done with populating the allClasses list (after the else statement).

Inspect ApplicationClassloader, especially line 449 and the code that populates allClasses in precompiled mode. Confirm the ordering behavior for @OnApplicationStart jobs under Linux and Windows; done means the populated list is sorted before job execution in both modes.