Here you can find the source of addClasspath(String path)
public static void addClasspath(String path) throws Exception
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . j a v a 2 s . co m * Copyright 2013-2014 eBay Software Foundation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.File; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLClassLoader; public class Main { public static void addClasspath(String path) throws Exception { File file = new File(path); if (file.exists()) { URLClassLoader urlClassLoader = (URLClassLoader) ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(); Class<URLClassLoader> urlClass = URLClassLoader.class; Method method = urlClass.getDeclaredMethod("addURL", new Class[] { URL.class }); method.setAccessible(true); method.invoke(urlClassLoader, new Object[] { file.toURI().toURL() }); } } }