org.apache.catalina.startup
Class ClassLoaderFactory

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

public final class ClassLoaderFactory
extends java.lang.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.

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

IS_DIR

protected static final java.lang.Integer IS_DIR

IS_JAR

protected static final java.lang.Integer IS_JAR

IS_GLOB

protected static final java.lang.Integer IS_GLOB

IS_URL

protected static final java.lang.Integer IS_URL

ClassLoaderFactory

public ClassLoaderFactory()

createClassLoader

public static java.lang.ClassLoader createClassLoader(java.io.File[] unpacked,
                                                      java.io.File[] packed,
                                                      java.lang.ClassLoader parent)
                                               throws java.lang.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:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs constructing the class loader

createClassLoader

public static java.lang.ClassLoader createClassLoader(java.io.File[] unpacked,
                                                      java.io.File[] packed,
                                                      java.net.URL[] urls,
                                                      java.lang.ClassLoader parent)
                                               throws java.lang.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

urls - Array of URLs to remote repositories, designing either JAR resources or uncompressed directories 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:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs constructing the class loader

createClassLoader

public static java.lang.ClassLoader createClassLoader(java.lang.String[] locations,
                                                      java.lang.Integer[] types,
                                                      java.lang.ClassLoader parent)
                                               throws java.lang.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:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs constructing the class loader