Java ClassPath toClassLoaderWithDefaultParent(Collection classPaths)

Description

to Class Loader With Default Parent

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static ClassLoader toClassLoaderWithDefaultParent(Collection<String> classPaths)
            throws MalformedURLException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* Copyright (c) 2006 Pyxis Technologies inc.
 * //w ww .  jav  a  2s  .  c o  m
 * This 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 software 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 St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site:
 * http://www.fsf.org. */

import java.io.File;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLClassLoader;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;

import java.util.Set;

public class Main {
    public static ClassLoader toClassLoaderWithDefaultParent(Collection<String> classPaths)
            throws MalformedURLException {
        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;
    }
}

Related

1. printClassPath(boolean single)
2. printJVMClassPath()
3. readFileFromClasspath(String fileName)
4. readFromClassPath(String filePath)
5. readStringFromClasspath(String path, Class c)
6. toClasspathString(ClassLoader cl)
7. toFiles(String classPath)
8. tryToGetClassPath(ClassLoader cl)