net.sf.jiapi.reflect

Class Loader

java.lang.Object

net.sf.jiapi.reflect.Loader

public class Loader
extends Object

Loads a JiapiClass. This class slightly looks like java.lang.ClassLoader.

Author:

Mika Riekkinen, Joni Suominen

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Loader() Creates new Loader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JiapiClass	loadClass(InputStream is) Loads a JiapiCass from CLASSPATH.
JiapiClass	loadClass(String className) Loads a JiapiCass from CLASSPATH.
JiapiClass	loadClass(String className, URL location) Loads a JiapiCass from a given URL.
static void	main(String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Loader

public Loader()

Creates new Loader.

Method Detail

loadClass

public JiapiClass loadClass(InputStream is)
                     throws IOException

Loads a JiapiCass from CLASSPATH. CLASSPATH is searched and if a class with given name is found, a JiapiClass is created to represent that class. When JiapiClass is created, it does not indicate, that corresponding class has been loaded/linked into Virtual Machine. An in-memory object representation for a given class is just created.

Parameters:

is - InputStream to load JiapiClass from

Returns:

JiapiClass which is an in-memory representation for a class

Throws:

IOException - , if the loading of class failed.

See Also:

loadClass(String, URL)

loadClass

public JiapiClass loadClass(String className)
                     throws ClassNotFoundException,
                            IOException

Loads a JiapiCass from CLASSPATH. CLASSPATH is searched and if a class with given name is found, a JiapiClass is created to represent that class. When JiapiClass is created, it does not indicate, that corresponding class has been loaded/linked into Virtual Machine. An in-memory object representation for a given class is just created.

Parameters:

className - name of a class

Returns:

JiapiClass which is an in-memory representation for a class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - , if the class with given name can't be found

IOException - , if the loading of class failed.

See Also:

loadClass(String, URL)

loadClass

public JiapiClass loadClass(String className,
                            URL location)
                     throws ClassNotFoundException,
                            IOException

Loads a JiapiCass from a given URL. CLASSPATH is searched and if a class with given name is found, a JiapiClass is created to represent that class. When JiapiClass is created, it does not indicate, that corresponding class has been loaded/linked into Virtual Machine. An in-memory object representation for a given class is just created.

Parameters:

className - name of a class

location - an URL where the class should be loaded, if null then CLASSPATH is used to locate the class

Returns:

JiapiClass which is an in-memory representation for a class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - , if the class with given name can't be found

IOException - , if the loading of class failed.

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception