org.springframework.osgi.util
Class BundleDelegatingClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      org.springframework.osgi.util.BundleDelegatingClassLoader

public class BundleDelegatingClassLoader
extends ClassLoader

ClassLoader backed by an OSGi bundle. Provides the ability to use a separate class loader as fall back. Contains facilities for tracing class loading behaviour so that issues can be easily resolved. For debugging please see DebugUtils.

Author:

Adrian Colyer, Andy Piper, Costin Leau

Method Summary

static BundleDelegatingClassLoader	createBundleClassLoaderFor(Bundle aBundle) Factory method for creating a class loader over the given bundle.
static BundleDelegatingClassLoader	createBundleClassLoaderFor(Bundle bundle, ClassLoader bridge) Factory method for creating a class loader over the given bundle and with a given class loader as fall-back.
protected Class	findClass(String name)
protected URL	findResource(String name)
protected Enumeration	findResources(String name)
URL	getResource(String name)
protected Class	loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createBundleClassLoaderFor

public static BundleDelegatingClassLoader createBundleClassLoaderFor(Bundle aBundle)

Factory method for creating a class loader over the given bundle.

Parameters:

aBundle - bundle to use for class loading and resource acquisition

Returns:

class loader adapter over the given bundle

createBundleClassLoaderFor

public static BundleDelegatingClassLoader createBundleClassLoaderFor(Bundle bundle,
                                                                     ClassLoader bridge)

Factory method for creating a class loader over the given bundle and with a given class loader as fall-back. In case the bundle cannot find a class or locate a resource, the given class loader will be used as fall back.

Parameters:

bundle - bundle used for class loading and resource acquisition

bridge - class loader used as fall back in case the bundle cannot load a class or find a resource. Can be null

Returns:

class loader adapter over the given bundle and class loader

findClass

protected Class findClass(String name)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Overrides:

findClass in class ClassLoader

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

findResource

protected URL findResource(String name)

Overrides:

findResource in class ClassLoader

findResources

protected Enumeration findResources(String name)
                             throws IOException

Overrides:

findResources in class ClassLoader

Throws:

IOException

getResource

public URL getResource(String name)

Overrides:

getResource in class ClassLoader

loadClass

protected Class loadClass(String name,
                          boolean resolve)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Overrides:

loadClass in class ClassLoader

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object