Method Detail

• setThreadContextClassloader

  public static ClassLoaderUtils.ClassLoaderHolder setThreadContextClassloader(ClassLoader newLoader)

• getURLClassLoader

  public static ClassLoader getURLClassLoader(URL[] urls,
                              ClassLoader parent)

• getURLClassLoader

  public static ClassLoader getURLClassLoader(List<URL> urlList,
                              ClassLoader parent)

• getResource

  public static URL getResource(String resourceName,
                Class<?> callingClass)

  Load a given resource.

  This method will try to load the resource using the following methods (in order):

  • From Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
  • From ClassLoaderUtil.class.getClassLoader()
  • callingClass.getClassLoader()

  Parameters:

  resourceName - The name of the resource to load

  callingClass - The Class object of the calling object

• getResources

  public static List<URL> getResources(String resourceName,
                       Class<?> callingClass)

  Load a given resources.

  This method will try to load the resources using the following methods (in order):

  • From Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
  • From ClassLoaderUtil.class.getClassLoader()
  • callingClass.getClassLoader()

  Parameters:

  resourceName - The name of the resource to load

  callingClass - The Class object of the calling object

• getResourceAsStream

  public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resourceName,
                                Class<?> callingClass)

  This is a convenience method to load a resource as a stream.

  The algorithm used to find the resource is given in getResource()

  Parameters:

  resourceName - The name of the resource to load

  callingClass - The Class object of the calling object

• loadClass

  public static Class<?> loadClass(String className,
                   Class<?> callingClass)
                            throws ClassNotFoundException

  Load a class with a given name.

  It will try to load the class in the following order:

  • From Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
  • Using the basic Class.forName()
  • From ClassLoaderUtil.class.getClassLoader()
  • From the callingClass.getClassLoader()

  Parameters:

  className - The name of the class to load

  callingClass - The Class object of the calling object

  Throws:

  ClassNotFoundException - If the class cannot be found anywhere.

• loadClass

  public static <T> Class<? extends T> loadClass(String className,
                                 Class<?> callingClass,
                                 Class<T> type)
                                      throws ClassNotFoundException

  Throws:

  ClassNotFoundException