jminusminus

Class CLPath

java.lang.Object

jminusminus.CLPath

 class CLPath
extends Object

This class can be used to locate and load system, extension, and user-defined class files from directories and zip (jar) files. The code for this class has been adapted from the Kopi (http://www.dms.at/kopi/) project.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CLPath() Construct a CLPath object.
CLPath(String path, String extdir) Construct a CLPath object.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CLInputStream	loadClass(String name) Return a CLInputStream instance for the class with specified name (fully-qualified; tokens separated by '/') or null if the class was not found.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CLPath

public CLPath()

Construct a CLPath object.

CLPath

public CLPath(String path,
      String extdir)

Construct a CLPath object.

Parameters:

path - the directory names defining the class path, separated by path separator.

extdir - the directory for the Java extension classes.

Method Detail

loadClass

public CLInputStream loadClass(String name)

Return a CLInputStream instance for the class with specified name (fully-qualified; tokens separated by '/') or null if the class was not found.

Parameters:

name - the fully-qualified name of the class -- java/util/ArrayList for example.

Returns:

a CLInputStream instance for the class with specified name or null if the class was not found.