ca.spaz.util
Class Loader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      ca.spaz.util.Loader

public final class Loader
extends java.lang.ClassLoader

A special class for loading classes from an jar file.

Author:

Aaron Davidson

Constructor Summary

Loader(java.io.File file)

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Class	loadClass(java.lang.String name, boolean resolve) Load a class by name.
javax.swing.ImageIcon	loadImageIcon(java.lang.String name)
java.lang.Object	newInstance(java.lang.String name) Create a new instance of a class in this jar file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, 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

Loader

public Loader(java.io.File file)

Method Detail

newInstance

public java.lang.Object newInstance(java.lang.String name)

Create a new instance of a class in this jar file. Must have a basic constructor with no arguments.

Parameters:

name - the class name to instantiate

Returns:

an Object created from the given class

loadClass

protected java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String name,
                                    boolean resolve)
                             throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Load a class by name.

Overrides:

loadClass in class java.lang.ClassLoader

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

See Also:

java.lang.ClassLoader#loadClass()

loadImageIcon

public javax.swing.ImageIcon loadImageIcon(java.lang.String name)