Package org.eclipse.jetty.util

Class Loader

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jetty.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);
 ...
 }
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Loader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static URL	getResource(String name)
static ResourceBundle	getResourceBundle(String name, boolean checkParents, Locale locale)
static Class	loadClass(Class loaderClass, String name)	Load a class.
static Class	loadClass(String name)	Load a class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Loader

public Loader()

Method Details

getResource

public static URL getResource(String name)

loadClass

public static Class loadClass(String name)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class.

Load a class either from the thread context classloader or if none, the system loader

Parameters:

name - the name of the new class to load

Returns:

Class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if not able to find the class

loadClass

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

Load a class. Load a class from the same classloader as the passed loadClass, or if none then use loadClass(String)

Parameters:

loaderClass - a similar class, belong in the same classloader of the desired class to load

name - the name of the new class to load

Returns:

Class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if not able to find the class

getResourceBundle

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

Throws:

MissingResourceException