com.sun.javatest.util
Class PathClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      com.sun.javatest.util.PathClassLoader

public class PathClassLoader
extends java.lang.ClassLoader

A class loader for loading classes from a path of directories, zip files and jar files.

Constructor Summary

PathClassLoader(java.io.File[] path)
Create a PathCloader, specifying an array of files for the path.

PathClassLoader(java.io.File baseDir, java.lang.String pathString)
Create a PathClassLoader, specifying a path and a base directory for any relative files on the path.

PathClassLoader(java.lang.String pathString)
Create a PathClassLoader, specifying a path.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Class

loadClass(java.lang.String name, boolean resolve) Attempt to load a class if it is not already loaded, and optionally resolve any imports it might have.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findClass, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findResource, findResources, findSystemClass, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, 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(java.lang.String pathString)

Create a PathClassLoader, specifying a path.

Parameters:

pathString - a string containing a sequence of file paths separated by the platform-specific file separator, identifying a sequence of locations in which to look for classes to be loaded

See Also:

File.pathSeparator

PathClassLoader

public PathClassLoader(java.io.File baseDir,
                       java.lang.String pathString)

Create a PathClassLoader, specifying a path and a base directory for any relative files on the path.

Parameters:

baseDir - the base directory for any relative files on the path

pathString - a string containing a sequence of file paths separated by the platform-specific file separator, identifying a sequence of locations in which to look for classes to be loaded

See Also:

File.pathSeparator

PathClassLoader

public PathClassLoader(java.io.File[] path)

Create a PathCloader, specifying an array of files for the path.

Parameters:

path - an array of files, identifying a sequence of locations in which to look for classes to be loaded

Method Detail

loadClass

protected java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String name,
                                    boolean resolve)
                             throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Attempt to load a class if it is not already loaded, and optionally resolve any imports it might have.

Overrides:

loadClass in class java.lang.ClassLoader

Parameters:

name - The fully-qualified name of the class to load.

resolve - True if imports should be resolved, false otherwise.

Returns:

the class that was loaded

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the class was not found.