com.dctl.j2me.system
Class ClassLoader

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.dctl.j2me.system.ClassLoader

Direct Known Subclasses:

DynamicClassLoader

public class ClassLoader

extends Object

The class loader can be used to dynamically load classes. There is one instance of a class loader in the system and all requests for new classes go through it. The basic sequence is reasonable straightforward. The user calls 'Class.forName()' to load a class. This results in the basic 'ClassLoader.loadClass()' method being called. This calls 'getBuiltinClass()' to try and load a builtin class. If this fails and dynamic loading is enabled then the 'DynamicClassLoader.loadClass()' is called to load the class dynamically.

Field Summary

static ClassLoader

defaultClassLoader The class loader to use

Constructor Summary

ClassLoader()

Method Summary

Class	loadClass(java.lang.String name) Load a class
InputStream	loadResource(java.lang.String name) Load a resource.
void	setDynamicClassLoader(ClassLoader dl)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

defaultClassLoader

public static final ClassLoader defaultClassLoader

The class loader to use

Constructor Detail

ClassLoader

public ClassLoader()

Method Detail

loadClass

public Class loadClass(java.lang.String name)
                throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class

Parameters:

name - The name of the class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class cannot be found

setDynamicClassLoader

public void setDynamicClassLoader(ClassLoader dl)

loadResource

public InputStream loadResource(java.lang.String name)

Load a resource. This returns null in the default as there is nowhere to load from

Returns:

the input stream