marvin.util

Class MarvinJarLoader

java.lang.Object

java.lang.ClassLoader

marvin.util.MarvinJarLoader

public class MarvinJarLoader
extends java.lang.ClassLoader

ClassLoader to load classes from jar files dynamically. This feature is used to load plug-ins.

Author:

Gabriel Ambrosio Archanjo

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class<?>	findClass(java.lang.String name) Find a class specified as parameter.
java.lang.Class<?>	getClass(java.lang.String name) Get a Class object from a class inside the Jar file by its name.
byte[]	getEntryBytes(java.util.jar.JarEntry entry)
java.lang.Object	getObject(java.lang.String className)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getObject

public java.lang.Object getObject(java.lang.String className)

Returns:

an object instance of the class specified as parameter. The class must be inside the jar file.

getClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getClass(java.lang.String name)

Get a Class object from a class inside the Jar file by its name.

Parameters:

name - class name.

Returns:

a Class object

getEntryBytes

public byte[] getEntryBytes(java.util.jar.JarEntry entry)

Parameters:

entry - JarEntry to be read.

findClass

public java.lang.Class<?> findClass(java.lang.String name)

Find a class specified as parameter. In this case, the class must be found in the Jar file. The methods getClass returns a Class object of the specified class whether itīs inside the jar file.

Overrides:

findClass in class java.lang.ClassLoader

Parameters:

name - class name

Returns:

Class object