org.jboss.classloading.spi
Interface DomainClassLoader

public interface DomainClassLoader

A classloader that can be put in a domain

Version:

$Revision: 69888 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

Enumeration<URL>	findResourcesLocally(String name) Find resources locally
URL[]	getClasspath() Get the classpath
ClassLoadingDomain	getDomain() The domain of the classloader
Package	getPackage(String name) Get a package defined by the classloader
String[]	getPackageNames() Get the possible package names associated with the class loader.
Package[]	getPackages() Get the packages defined by the classloader
Class<?>	loadClass(String name) Load a class
Class<?>	loadClassLocally(String name, boolean resolve) Load a class
URL	loadResourceLocally(String name) Get a resource
void	setDomain(ClassLoadingDomain domain) Set the domain of the classloader

Method Detail

getDomain

ClassLoadingDomain getDomain()

The domain of the classloader

Returns:

the domain

setDomain

void setDomain(ClassLoadingDomain domain)

Set the domain of the classloader

Parameters:

domain - the domain

getClasspath

URL[] getClasspath()

Get the classpath

Returns:

the classpath

loadClass

Class<?> loadClass(String name)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class

Parameters:

name - the name

Returns:

the class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

loadClassLocally

Class<?> loadClassLocally(String name,
                          boolean resolve)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class

Parameters:

name - the class name

resolve - whether to resolve the class

Returns:

the class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - when there is not class

loadResourceLocally

URL loadResourceLocally(String name)

Get a resource

Parameters:

name - the resource name

Returns:

the resource or null if not found

findResourcesLocally

Enumeration<URL> findResourcesLocally(String name)
                                      throws IOException

Find resources locally

Parameters:

name - the name of the resource

Returns:

the resources

Throws:

IOException - for any error

getPackageNames

String[] getPackageNames()

Get the possible package names associated with the class loader. This may be a superset of the currently defined Packages.

Returns:

unique package names of classes available to the class loader.

getPackages

Package[] getPackages()

Get the packages defined by the classloader

Returns:

the packages

getPackage

Package getPackage(String name)

Get a package defined by the classloader

Parameters:

name - the name of the package

Returns:

the package