Java tutorial
/* * Lokomo OneCMDB - An Open Source Software for Configuration * Management of Datacenter Resources * * Copyright (C) 2006 Lokomo Systems AB * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at * your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA. * * Lokomo Systems AB can be contacted via e-mail: info@lokomo.com or via * paper mail: Lokomo Systems AB, Svrdvgen 27, SE-182 33 * Danderyd, Sweden. * */ package org.onecmdb.core.utils; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLClassLoader; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; public class OneCMDBClassLoader { private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(OneCMDBClassLoader.class); public static Object newInstance(String className, List<String> classpath) { List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<URL>(); if (classpath != null) { for (String urlStr : classpath) { URL url; try { url = new URL(urlStr); urls.add(url); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { log.warn("Classpath <" + urlStr + "> not an url! Ignoring..."); } } } Object instance = null; ClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader((URL[]) urls.toArray(new URL[0]), OneCMDBClassLoader.class.getClassLoader()); try { Class clazz = loader.loadClass(className); instance = clazz.newInstance(); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { log.error("Class <" + className + "> not found!", e); } catch (InstantiationException e) { log.error("Class <" + className + "> not instanciable!", e); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { log.error("Class <" + className + "> not accessiable!", e); } return (instance); } }