Package org.eclipse.jetty.util

Class Loader

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jetty.util.Loader

public class Loader
extends java.lang.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	Description
Loader()

Method Summary

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

loadClass

public static java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.Class loadClass,
                                        java.lang.String name)
                                 throws java.lang.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:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if not able to find the class

getResourceBundle

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

Throws:

java.util.MissingResourceException

getClassPath

public static java.lang.String getClassPath(java.lang.ClassLoader loader)
                                     throws java.lang.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:

java.lang.Exception - if unable to generate the classpath from the resource references