Class AuxClassLoader

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable

    public class AuxClassLoader
    extends java.net.URLClassLoader
    This class provides a ClassLoader which looks on a given class path. In cases where an application is invoked using the extension mechanism (normally using java -jar) and hence gets its classpath from somewhere other than the environment (e.g. $CLASSPATH), this can pick up a different set of classes than the default/system ClassLoader. This will typically be of use where code wants to permit 'pluggability', that is allowing the user to make classes available to the system other than those known about at the build/install time for the rest of the application/infrastructure framework.

    The default delegation ClassLoader is used as the parent of this one, so that the system classloader(?) will be queried for any classes before they are searched for on the given class.

    Author:
    Mark Taylor (Starlink)
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      AuxClassLoader​(java.lang.String classpath)
      Constructs a ClassLoader which will look on a given path.
    • Method Summary

      • Methods inherited from class java.net.URLClassLoader

        addURL, close, definePackage, findClass, findResource, findResources, getPermissions, getResourceAsStream, getURLs, newInstance, newInstance
      • Methods inherited from class java.security.SecureClassLoader

        defineClass, defineClass
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

        clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findClass, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findResource, findSystemClass, getClassLoadingLock, getDefinedPackage, getDefinedPackages, getName, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getPlatformClassLoader, getResource, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, getUnnamedModule, isRegisteredAsParallelCapable, loadClass, loadClass, registerAsParallelCapable, resolveClass, resources, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus, setSigners
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Constructor Detail

      • AuxClassLoader

        public AuxClassLoader​(java.lang.String classpath)
        Constructs a ClassLoader which will look on a given path.
        Parameters:
        classpath - a class path specified in the same format as the java.class.path system property