com.github.marschall.pathclassloader

Class PathClassLoader

java.lang.Object

java.lang.ClassLoader

com.github.marschall.pathclassloader.PathClassLoader

public final class PathClassLoader
extends ClassLoader

Loads classes from a certain Path.

Class loading will will happen in a parent first manner which is the Java SE default may.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PathClassLoader(Path path) Creates a new PathClassLoader with no parent class loader.
PathClassLoader(Path path, ClassLoader parent) Creates a new PathClassLoader with a parent class loader.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Class<?>	findClass(String name)
protected URL	findResource(String name)
protected Enumeration<URL>	findResources(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findSystemClass, getClassLoadingLock, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, loadClass, registerAsParallelCapable, 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

PathClassLoader

public PathClassLoader(Path path)

Creates a new PathClassLoader with no parent class loader.

Parameters:

path - the path from with to load the classes

PathClassLoader

public PathClassLoader(Path path,
               ClassLoader parent)

Creates a new PathClassLoader with a parent class loader.

Parameters:

path - the path from with to load the classes

parent - the class loader from which to try loading classes first

Method Detail

findClass

protected Class<?> findClass(String name)
                      throws ClassNotFoundException

Overrides:

findClass in class ClassLoader

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

findResource

protected URL findResource(String name)

Overrides:

findResource in class ClassLoader

findResources

protected Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name)
                                  throws IOException

Overrides:

findResources in class ClassLoader

Throws:

IOException