javax.management.loading
Interface ClassLoaderRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

LoaderRepository (src)

public interface ClassLoaderRepository

A classloader repository.

A loader repository per MBeanServer.

loadClass

public java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String className)
                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Loads a class from the repository. This method attempts to load the class using all the classloader registered to the repository.

Parameters:

className - the class to load

Returns:

the found class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - when there is no such class

loadClassWithout

public java.lang.Class loadClassWithout(java.lang.ClassLoader loader,
                                        java.lang.String className)
                                 throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Loads a class from the repository, excluding the given classloader.

Parameters:

loader - the classloader to exclude

className - the class to load

Returns:

the found class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - when there is no such class

loadClassBefore

public java.lang.Class loadClassBefore(java.lang.ClassLoader stop,
                                       java.lang.String className)
                                throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Loads a class from the repository, using the classloaders that were registered before the given classloader.

Parameters:

stop - consult all the classloaders registered before this one in an attempt to load a class

className - name of the class to load

Returns:

loaded class instance

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if none of the consulted classloaders were able to load the requested class