org.apache.axis2.tools.idea
Class PluginClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      java.security.SecureClassLoader
          java.net.URLClassLoader
              org.apache.axis2.tools.idea.PluginClassLoader

public class PluginClassLoader
extends URLClassLoader

Constructor Summary

PluginClassLoader(URL[] urls, ClassLoader parent)
PluginClassLoader is exetend form URLClassLoader , and the constructor has not overide the super constroctor , but has done some stuff to find out jar fils inside /lib director

Method Summary

protected Class

findClass(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.net.URLClassLoader

addURL, definePackage, findResource, findResources, getPermissions, 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, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findSystemClass, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, 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

PluginClassLoader

public PluginClassLoader(URL[] urls,
                         ClassLoader parent)

PluginClassLoader is exetend form URLClassLoader , and the constructor has not overide the super constroctor , but has done some stuff to find out jar fils inside /lib director

Parameters:

urls - URL

parent - parent classloader ClassLoader

Method Detail

findClass

protected Class findClass(String name)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Overrides:

findClass in class URLClassLoader

Parameters:

name - String Name of the file to be loaded

Returns:

Class return a class object if it found else will return null or a ClassNotFoundException

This method has been overridden in the following way 1. It calls the super class and checks to see whether the class is there If the class is found then return it, else if super return ClassNotfoundException 2. Check whether the entry corresponding to the class name exists in one of jar files in /lib director 3. If it is there get the byte array out of that and create a Class object out of that by calling "defineClass()" , if it succeeds then return that else 4. Throw a ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException