org.mortbay.util

Class Loader

java.lang.Object

org.mortbay.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);
          ...
     }
 

Author:

Greg Wilkins (gregw)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Loader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static URL	getResource(Class loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents)
static ResourceBundle	getResourceBundle(Class loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents, Locale locale)
static Class	loadClass(Class loadClass, String name)
static Class	loadClass(Class loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents) 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,
                              boolean checkParents)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

loadClass

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

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

loadClass

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

Load a class.

Parameters:

loadClass -

name -

checkParents - If true, try loading directly from parent classloaders.

Returns:

Class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

getResourceBundle

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

Throws:

MissingResourceException