org.jboss.util.loading
Class DelegatingClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      java.security.SecureClassLoader
          java.net.URLClassLoader
              org.jboss.util.loading.DelegatingClassLoader

public class DelegatingClassLoader
extends URLClassLoader

A URL classloader that delegates to its parent, avoiding synchronization. A standard flag is provided so it can be used as a parent class, but later subclassed and to revert to standard class loading if the subclass wants to load classes.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2.6.1 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Field Summary

static URL[]	EMPTY_URL_ARRAY The value returned by getURLs.
protected boolean	standard Whether to use standard loading

Constructor Summary

DelegatingClassLoader(ClassLoader parent)
Constructor

DelegatingClassLoader(ClassLoader parent, URLStreamHandlerFactory factory)
Constructor

Method Summary

protected Class

loadClass(String className, boolean resolve) Load a class, by asking the parent

Methods inherited from class java.net.URLClassLoader

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

Methods inherited from class java.security.SecureClassLoader

defineClass, defineClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findSystemClass, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, resolveClass, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus, setSigners

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EMPTY_URL_ARRAY

public static final URL[] EMPTY_URL_ARRAY

The value returned by getURLs.

standard

protected boolean standard

Whether to use standard loading

Constructor Detail

DelegatingClassLoader

public DelegatingClassLoader(ClassLoader parent)

Constructor

Parameters:

parent - the parent classloader, cannot be null.

DelegatingClassLoader

public DelegatingClassLoader(ClassLoader parent,
                             URLStreamHandlerFactory factory)

Constructor

Parameters:

parent, - the parent classloader, cannot be null.

factory - the url stream factory.

Method Detail

loadClass

protected Class loadClass(String className,
                          boolean resolve)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class, by asking the parent

Overrides:

loadClass in class ClassLoader

Parameters:

className - the class name to load

resolve - whether to link the class

Returns:

the loaded class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - when the class could not be found