org.sapia.clazzy
Class CompositeClassLoaderBuilder

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.sapia.clazzy.CompositeClassLoaderBuilder

public class CompositeClassLoaderBuilder

extends Object

This class is a utility that parses a classpath and returns the corresponding classloader.

Author:

Yanick Duchesne

Copyright:

Copyright © 2002-2004 Sapia Open Source Software. All Rights Reserved.

License:

Read the license.txt file of the jar or visit the license page at the Sapia OSS web site

Constructor Summary

CompositeClassLoaderBuilder()

Method Summary

static CompositeClassLoader

parseClassPath(ClassLoader parent, LoaderSelector selector, String classpath) Builds a composite classloader, given a classpath (passed in as a string).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CompositeClassLoaderBuilder

public CompositeClassLoaderBuilder()

Method Detail

parseClassPath

public static CompositeClassLoader parseClassPath(ClassLoader parent,
                                                  LoaderSelector selector,
                                                  String classpath)

Builds a composite classloader, given a classpath (passed in as a string). The classpath format is as follows:

 some.jar:path/to/some/directory
 

or as follows:

 some.jar;path/to/some/directory
 

Both ';' and ':' are properly understood as path delimiters.

In addition, any backslashes ('\') in file paths are replaced by the system file separator (System.getProperty("file.separator")).

Parameters:

parent - a parent ClassLoader.

selector - a LoaderSelector.

classpath - a classpath

Returns:

a CompositeClassLoader.