Sct.SearchClassLoader Class Reference

A SearchClassLoader is a bit different to a normal one It looks for classes with a given name in any package. More...

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Public Member Functions
Class	loadClass (String name, Class[] prototype) throws ClassNotFoundException
Static Public Member Functions
SearchClassLoader	instance ()
void	main (String[] args)
void	find (String name)
Private Member Functions
void	addToMap (String name, Class c, Class[] prototype)
Class	findInMap (String name, Class[] prototype)
boolean	checkClass (Class c, Class[] prototype)
Class	findClassInParent (String name, Class[] prototype)
Class	findClassInPackages (String name, Class[] prototype)
Class	findClassInClassPath (String name, Class[] prototype)
Class	findInDir (String fileName, String dirName, Class[] prototype)
Class	findInDir (String fileName, String parentDir, File dir, Class[] prototype)
Class	findInZipFile (String classFileName, String cpElement, Class[] prototype)
Class	findInJarFile (String classFileName, String cpElement, Class[] prototype)
Class	findInZipFile (ZipFile f, String classFileName, Class[] prototype)
Private Attributes
HashMap	cache = new HashMap()
Static Private Attributes
SearchClassLoader	loader = new SearchClassLoader()

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Detailed Description

A SearchClassLoader is a bit different to a normal one It looks for classes with a given name in any package.

It caches results by the asked for name and prototype to improve performance.

Todo:

Should we cache failure too????

Author:

Matthew Palmer

Definition at line 24 of file SearchClassLoader.java.

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Member Function Documentation

Class Sct.SearchClassLoader.findClassInClassPath (  String  name, Class[]  prototype )  [private]

Note: This does not follow additional class paths in Manifest files probably also doesn't work with extension directories. Definition at line 125 of file SearchClassLoader.java.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• SearchClassLoader.java

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