Java Class Loader createClassLoader(final String[] cpEntries)

Description

Builds a ClassLoader for a given classpath.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
cpEntries	classpath entries

Return

the new ClassLoader

Declaration

public static ClassLoader createClassLoader(final String[] cpEntries) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either

import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLClassLoader;

public class Main {
    /**/*w w  w  . j a va  2s  .c  o  m*/
     * Builds a ClassLoader for a given classpath.
     * @param cpEntries classpath entries
     * @return the new ClassLoader
     */
    public static ClassLoader createClassLoader(final String[] cpEntries) {
        final URL[] cpUrls = new URL[cpEntries.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < cpEntries.length; i++) {
            String cpEntry = cpEntries[i];
            File entry = new File(cpEntry);
            try {
                URL url = entry.toURI().toURL();
                cpUrls[i] = url;
            } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create classLoader from classpath entry " + entry, ex);
            }
        }
        final URLClassLoader classPathLoader = new URLClassLoader(cpUrls);
        return classPathLoader;
    }
}

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