org.openorb.util
Class URLLoader

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.ClassLoader
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        +--org.openorb.util.URLLoader

public class URLLoader

extends ClassLoader

This class is used as a class loader to load class from an URL.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2004/02/10 21:28:45 $

Author:

Jerome Daniel

Constructor Summary

URLLoader(URL[] urls)
Constructor.

Method Summary

protected Class	findClass(String name) This function is used to find a class from an URL.
URL[]	getURLs() Return the url array.
protected Class	loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) Try different ways to load a class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLLoader

public URLLoader(URL[] urls)

Constructor.

Parameters:

urls - The list of urls to load classes from.

Method Detail

getURLs

public URL[] getURLs()

Return the url array.

Returns:

The array of URLs to load classes from.

loadClass

protected Class loadClass(String name,
                          boolean resolve)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Try different ways to load a class.

Overrides:

loadClass in class ClassLoader

Parameters:

name - The name of the class to load.

resolve - When true try to resolve the class.

Returns:

The class if one was found.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - When the class can't be found either via the current class loader or the system class loader.

findClass

protected Class findClass(String name)

This function is used to find a class from an URL.

Overrides:

findClass in class ClassLoader

Parameters:

name - The class to find

Returns:

The class if found.