org.apache.catalina.startup
Class ClassLoaderFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory

public final class ClassLoaderFactory
extends Object

Utility class for building class loaders for Catalina. The factory method requires the following parameters in order to build a new class loader (with suitable defaults in all cases):

• A set of directories containing unpacked classes (and resources) that should be included in the class loader's repositories.
• A set of directories containing classes and resources in JAR files. Each readable JAR file discovered in these directories will be added to the class loader's repositories.
• ClassLoader instance that should become the parent of the new class loader.

Version:

$Id: ClassLoaderFactory.java 943260 2010-05-11 20:05:15Z markt $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

protected static Integer	IS_DIR
protected static Integer	IS_GLOB
protected static Integer	IS_JAR
protected static Integer	IS_URL

Constructor Summary

ClassLoaderFactory()

Method Summary

static ClassLoader	createClassLoader(File[] unpacked, File[] packed, ClassLoader parent) Create and return a new class loader, based on the configuration defaults and the specified directory paths:
static ClassLoader	createClassLoader(String[] locations, Integer[] types, ClassLoader parent) Create and return a new class loader, based on the configuration defaults and the specified directory paths:

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

IS_DIR

protected static final Integer IS_DIR

IS_JAR

protected static final Integer IS_JAR

IS_GLOB

protected static final Integer IS_GLOB

IS_URL

protected static final Integer IS_URL

Constructor Detail

ClassLoaderFactory

public ClassLoaderFactory()

Method Detail

createClassLoader

public static ClassLoader createClassLoader(File[] unpacked,
                                            File[] packed,
                                            ClassLoader parent)
                                     throws Exception

Create and return a new class loader, based on the configuration defaults and the specified directory paths:

Parameters:

unpacked - Array of pathnames to unpacked directories that should be added to the repositories of the class loader, or null for no unpacked directories to be considered

packed - Array of pathnames to directories containing JAR files that should be added to the repositories of the class loader, or null for no directories of JAR files to be considered

parent - Parent class loader for the new class loader, or null for the system class loader.

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs constructing the class loader

createClassLoader

public static ClassLoader createClassLoader(String[] locations,
                                            Integer[] types,
                                            ClassLoader parent)
                                     throws Exception

Create and return a new class loader, based on the configuration defaults and the specified directory paths:

Parameters:

locations - Array of strings containing class directories, jar files, jar directories or URLS that should be added to the repositories of the class loader. The type is given by the member of param types.

types - Array of types for the members of param locations. Possible values are IS_DIR (class directory), IS_JAR (single jar file), IS_GLOB (directory of jar files) and IS_URL (URL).

parent - Parent class loader for the new class loader, or null for the system class loader.

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs constructing the class loader