edu.gwu.util
Class FileClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      edu.gwu.util.FileClassLoader

public class FileClassLoader

extends java.lang.ClassLoader

The class FileClassLoader contains methods to load classes from given files.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

ClassLoader

Constructor Summary

FileClassLoader(java.lang.String path)
Creates a new FileClassLoader instance.

Method Summary

java.lang.Class	loadClass(java.lang.String name, boolean resolveIt) The loadClass method loads a class given its name.
void	setPath(java.lang.String path) The setPath method sets the path to the give path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findClass, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findResource, findResources, 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

Constructor Detail

FileClassLoader

public FileClassLoader(java.lang.String path)

Creates a new FileClassLoader instance.

Parameters:

path - the path to the file.

Method Detail

loadClass

public java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String name,
                                 boolean resolveIt)
                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

The loadClass method loads a class given its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the class

resolveIt - if true then the class will be resolved

Returns:

the corresponding Class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if an error occurs

setPath

public void setPath(java.lang.String path)

The setPath method sets the path to the give path.

Parameters:

path - the new path to be set.