org.quartz.spi
Interface ClassLoadHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:

CascadingClassLoadHelper, InitThreadContextClassLoadHelper, LoadingLoaderClassLoadHelper, SimpleClassLoadHelper, ThreadContextClassLoadHelper

public interface ClassLoadHelper

An interface for classes wishing to provide the service of loading classes and resources within the scheduler...

Author:

jhouse

Method Summary

URL	getResource(String name) Finds a resource with a given name.
InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String name) Finds a resource with a given name.
void	initialize() Called to give the ClassLoadHelper a chance to initialize itself, including the oportunity to "steal" the class loader off of the calling thread, which is the thread that is initializing Quartz.
Class	loadClass(String name) Return the class with the given name.

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()

Called to give the ClassLoadHelper a chance to initialize itself, including the oportunity to "steal" the class loader off of the calling thread, which is the thread that is initializing Quartz.

loadClass

public Class loadClass(String name)
                throws ClassNotFoundException

Return the class with the given name.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

getResource

public URL getResource(String name)

Finds a resource with a given name. This method returns null if no resource with this name is found.

Parameters:

name - name of the desired resource

Returns:

a java.net.URL object

getResourceAsStream

public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name)

Finds a resource with a given name. This method returns null if no resource with this name is found.

Parameters:

name - name of the desired resource

Returns:

a java.io.InputStream object