gnu.java.net.loader

Class URLLoader

Known Direct Subclasses:
FileURLLoader, JarURLLoader, Load_gcjlib, RemoteURLLoader

public abstract class URLLoader
extends Object

A URLLoader contains all logic to load resources from a given base URL.

Constructor Summary

URLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URLStreamHandlerCache cache, URLStreamHandlerFactory factory, URL baseURL)
URLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader, URLStreamHandlerCache cache, URLStreamHandlerFactory factory, URL baseURL, URL overrideURL)

Method Summary

URL
getBaseURL()
Return the base URL of this loader.
Class<T>
getClass(String className)
Returns a Class loaded by this URLLoader, or null when this loader either can't load the class or doesn't know how to load classes at all.
ArrayList
getClassPath()
Return a list of new URLLoader objects representing any class path entries added by this container.
Manifest
getManifest()
Returns the Manifest associated with the Resources loaded by this URLLoader or null there is no such Manifest.
abstract Resource
getResource(String s)
Returns a Resource loaded by this URLLoader, or null when no Resource with the given name exists.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

URLLoader

public URLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader,
                 URLStreamHandlerCache cache,
                 URLStreamHandlerFactory factory,
                 URL baseURL)

URLLoader

public URLLoader(URLClassLoader classloader,
                 URLStreamHandlerCache cache,
                 URLStreamHandlerFactory factory,
                 URL baseURL,
                 URL overrideURL)

Method Details

getBaseURL

public final URL getBaseURL()
Return the base URL of this loader.

getClass

public Class<T> getClass(String className)
Returns a Class loaded by this URLLoader, or null when this loader either can't load the class or doesn't know how to load classes at all. Most subclasses do not need to override this; it is only useful in situations where the subclass has a more direct way of making Class objects.

getClassPath

public ArrayList getClassPath()
Return a list of new URLLoader objects representing any class path entries added by this container.

getManifest

public Manifest getManifest()
Returns the Manifest associated with the Resources loaded by this URLLoader or null there is no such Manifest.

getResource

public abstract Resource getResource(String s)
Returns a Resource loaded by this URLLoader, or null when no Resource with the given name exists.

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