org.mortbay.util
Class Loader

java.lang.Object
  extended by 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
Loader()
           
 
Method Summary
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