edu.utep.cs.et.gui.tester
Class FileClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      java.security.SecureClassLoader
          java.net.URLClassLoader
              edu.utep.cs.et.gui.AbstractClassLoader
                  edu.utep.cs.et.gui.tester.FileClassLoader

public class FileClassLoader
extends AbstractClassLoader

A special class loader to load a class from a given bytecode file. Give a bytecode file, this class loads the class defined in the bytecode file. For this, it provides a new method loadClass(File).

Version:

$Revision: 1.12 $

Author:

Yoonsik Cheon

Field Summary

private File

file The bytecode file to load.

Constructor Summary

FileClassLoader()
Creates a new loader.

Method Summary

protected Class	findClass(String name) Finds the specified class.
Class	loadClass(File file) Loads the given bytecode file and returns the loaded class.

Methods inherited from class edu.utep.cs.et.gui.AbstractClassLoader

loadClassData

Methods inherited from class java.net.URLClassLoader

addURL, definePackage, findResource, findResources, getPermissions, getURLs, newInstance, newInstance

Methods inherited from class java.security.SecureClassLoader

defineClass, defineClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findSystemClass, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, loadClass, resolveClass, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus, setSigners

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

file

private File file

The bytecode file to load.

Constructor Detail

FileClassLoader

public FileClassLoader()

Creates a new loader.

Method Detail

loadClass

public Class loadClass(File file)
                throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads the given bytecode file and returns the loaded class.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

findClass

protected Class findClass(String name)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Finds the specified class. This method is overridden here to load the bytecode file stored in the file field unless it is null; otherwise, the overridden method is called.

Overrides:

findClass in class URLClassLoader

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException