Runs a jar application from any url : Class Loader « Reflection « Java Tutorial






import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.net.JarURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLClassLoader;
import java.util.jar.Attributes;
class JarClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
  private URL url;

  public JarClassLoader(URL url) {
    super(new URL[] { url });
    this.url = url;
  }

  public String getMainClassName() throws IOException {
    URL u = new URL("jar", "", url + "!/");
    JarURLConnection uc = (JarURLConnection) u.openConnection();
    Attributes attr = uc.getMainAttributes();
    return attr != null ? attr.getValue(Attributes.Name.MAIN_CLASS) : null;
  }

  public void invokeClass(String name, String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException,
      NoSuchMethodException, InvocationTargetException {
    Class c = loadClass(name);
    Method m = c.getMethod("main", new Class[] { args.getClass() });
    m.setAccessible(true);
    int mods = m.getModifiers();
    if (m.getReturnType() != void.class || !Modifier.isStatic(mods) || !Modifier.isPublic(mods)) {
      throw new NoSuchMethodException("main");
    }
    try {
      m.invoke(null, new Object[] { args });
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {

    }
  }

}
public class JarRunner {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        URL url = new URL(args[0]);
        JarClassLoader cl = new JarClassLoader(url);
        String name = null;
            name = cl.getMainClassName();
        if (name == null) {
            fatal("Specified jar file does not contain a 'Main-Class'" +
                  " manifest attribute");
        }
        String[] newArgs = new String[args.length - 1];
        System.arraycopy(args, 1, newArgs, 0, newArgs.length);
            cl.invokeClass(name, newArgs);
    }

    private static void fatal(String s) {
        System.err.println(s);
    }
}








7.7.Class Loader
7.7.1.URL class loader
7.7.2.extends URLClassLoader
7.7.3.Load classes
7.7.4.how to use reflection to print the names and values of all nonstatic fields of an object
7.7.5.Runs a jar application from any url
7.7.6.BufferedReader reflection
7.7.7.Get the class By way of an object
7.7.8.Get the class By way of a string
7.7.9.Get the class By way of .class
7.7.10.Catch InvocationTargetException
7.7.11.Determining from Where a Class Was Loaded
7.7.12.Dynamically Reloading a Modified Class
7.7.13.Creating an Object Using a Constructor Object
7.7.14.Create an object from a string
7.7.15.Using the forName() method
7.7.16.Context ClassLoader
7.7.17.A tree structure that maps inheritance hierarchies of classes
7.7.18.Analyze ClassLoader hierarchy for any given object or class loader
7.7.19.Instantiate unknown class at runtime and call the object's methods
7.7.20.Load Class