com.mindbright.util

Class JarLoader

java.lang.Object

java.lang.ClassLoader

com.mindbright.util.JarLoader

public class JarLoader
extends java.lang.ClassLoader

A ClassLoader which can load classes from a jar-file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JarLoader(java.lang.String path, java.lang.String name) Construct an instance which looks for a jar-file with the given name somewhere in the given path.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class	findClass(java.lang.String name) Finds the class with the specified name.
java.lang.Class	loadClass(java.lang.String name, boolean resolve) Loads the given class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findResource, findResources, findSystemClass, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, resolveClass, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus, setSigners

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JarLoader

public JarLoader(java.lang.String path,
         java.lang.String name)
          throws java.io.IOException

Construct an instance which looks for a jar-file with the given name somewhere in the given path.

Parameters:

path - a list of directories, separated by ':' or ';', to search in.

name - name, including suffix, of jarfile to look for

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if no jarfile with that name was found

Method Detail

findClass

public java.lang.Class findClass(java.lang.String name)
                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Finds the class with the specified name.

Overrides:

findClass in class java.lang.ClassLoader

Parameters:

name - the name of the class to find

Returns:

the found class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if no matching class is found

loadClass

public java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String name,
                        boolean resolve)
                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Loads the given class.

Overrides:

loadClass in class java.lang.ClassLoader

Parameters:

name - the name of the class to load

resolve - true of the class should be resolved as well

Returns:

The resulting Class object

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if no matching class is found