org.eclipse.jetty.util

Class Loader

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jetty.util.Loader

public class Loader
extends Object

ClassLoader Helper. This helper class allows classes to be loaded either from the Thread's ContextClassLoader, the classloader of the derived class or the system ClassLoader. Usage:

 public class MyClass {
     void myMethod() {
          ...
          Class c=Loader.loadClass(this.getClass(),classname);
          ...
     }
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Loader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getClassPath(ClassLoader loader) Generate the classpath (as a string) of all classloaders above the given classloader.
static URL	getResource(Class<?> loadClass, String name)
static ResourceBundle	getResourceBundle(Class<?> loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents, Locale locale)
static Class	loadClass(Class loadClass, String name) Load a class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Loader

public Loader()

Method Detail

getResource

public static URL getResource(Class<?> loadClass,
                              String name)

loadClass

public static Class loadClass(Class loadClass,
                              String name)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class.

Parameters:

loadClass - a similar class, belong in the same classloader of the desired class to load

name - the name of the new class to load, using the same ClassLoader as the loadClass

Returns:

Class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if not able to find the class

getResourceBundle

public static ResourceBundle getResourceBundle(Class<?> loadClass,
                                               String name,
                                               boolean checkParents,
                                               Locale locale)
                                        throws MissingResourceException

Throws:

MissingResourceException

getClassPath

public static String getClassPath(ClassLoader loader)
                           throws Exception

Generate the classpath (as a string) of all classloaders above the given classloader. This is primarily used for jasper.

Parameters:

loader - the classloader to use

Returns:

the system class path

Throws:

Exception - if unable to generate the classpath from the resource references