Java Utililty Methods ClassPath

List of utility methods to do ClassPath

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Description

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Method

StringreadStringFromClasspath(String path, Class c)
Reads the entire InputStream and returns its content as a single String 
final InputStream is = c.getResourceAsStream(path);
return readStringFromBufferedReader(createBufferedUtf8Reader(is));
ClassLoadertoClassLoaderWithDefaultParent(Collection classPaths)
to Class Loader With Default Parent 
Set<URL> dependencies = new HashSet<URL>();
for (String classPath : classPaths) {
    File dependency = new File(classPath);
    dependencies.add(dependency.toURI().toURL());
ClassLoader classLoader = URLClassLoader.newInstance(dependencies.toArray(new URL[dependencies.size()]));
return classLoader;
StringtoClasspathString(ClassLoader cl)
to Classpath String 
if (cl == null) {
    cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
StringBuilder back = new StringBuilder();
while (cl != null) {
    if (cl instanceof URLClassLoader) {
        URLClassLoader ucl = (URLClassLoader) cl;
        URL[] urls = ucl.getURLs();
...
File[]toFiles(String classPath)
to Files 
String[] paths = classPath.split(File.pathSeparator);
File[] files = new File[paths.length];
for (int i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
    files[i] = new File(paths[i]);
    if (!files[i].exists()) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown path:" + paths[i]);
return files;
URL[]tryToGetClassPath(ClassLoader cl)
try To Get Class Path 
if (cl instanceof URLClassLoader) {
    return ((URLClassLoader) cl).getURLs();
return new URL[0];