org.apache.maven.j2ee
Class WarClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      java.security.SecureClassLoader
          java.net.URLClassLoader
              org.apache.maven.j2ee.WarClassLoader

public class WarClassLoader

extends URLClassLoader

A ClassLoader that loads classes from a WarFile

Version:

$Id: WarClassLoader.java 170200 2005-05-15 06:24:19Z brett $

Author:

dIon Gillard

Constructor Summary

WarClassLoader(WarFile war)
Creates a new instance of WarClassLoader

WarClassLoader(WarFile war, ClassLoader classloader)
Creates a new instance of WarClassLoader with the provided parent classloader as the one to delegate to if classes can't be found

Methods inherited from class java.net.URLClassLoader

addURL, definePackage, findClass, findResource, findResources, getPermissions, getURLs, newInstance, newInstance

Methods inherited from class java.security.SecureClassLoader

defineClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, 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

WarClassLoader

public WarClassLoader(WarFile war)
               throws IOException,
                      MalformedURLException

Creates a new instance of WarClassLoader

Parameters:

war - a WarFile

Throws:

IOException - when an I/O error occurs extracting the jars from the war

MalformedURLException - if the jar: URL is not supported on the underlying platform

WarClassLoader

public WarClassLoader(WarFile war,
                      ClassLoader classloader)
               throws IOException,
                      MalformedURLException

Creates a new instance of WarClassLoader with the provided parent classloader as the one to delegate to if classes can't be found

Parameters:

war - a WarFile

classloader - a ClassLoader to delegate to.

Throws:

IOException - when an I/O error occurs extracting the jars from the war

MalformedURLException - if the jar: URL is not supported on the underlying platform