org.jboss.classloading.spi
Interface ClassLoadingDomain

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, org.jboss.util.JBossInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClassLoadingDomain

public interface ClassLoadingDomain
extends org.jboss.util.JBossInterface

A ClassLoadingDomain holds a number of classloaders.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

boolean	getJava2ClassLoadingCompliance() Whether we implement java2 classloading compliance
ClassLoadingDomain	getParent() Get the parent classloading domain
Class	loadClass(String name, boolean resolve, DomainClassLoader classLoader) Load a class from this domain
URL	loadResource(String name, DomainClassLoader classLoader) Get a resource

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.util.JBossInterface

clone, toShortString, toShortString

Method Detail

getJava2ClassLoadingCompliance

boolean getJava2ClassLoadingCompliance()

Whether we implement java2 classloading compliance

Returns:

true when delegate first to parent

getParent

ClassLoadingDomain getParent()

Get the parent classloading domain

Returns:

the parent or null if there isn't one

loadClass

Class loadClass(String name,
                boolean resolve,
                DomainClassLoader classLoader)
                throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class from this domain

Parameters:

name - the class to load

resolve - whether to resolve the class

classLoader - the requesting classloader

Returns:

the class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - when the class is not found

loadResource

URL loadResource(String name,
                 DomainClassLoader classLoader)

Get a resource

Parameters:

name - the resource name

classLoader - the requesting classloader

Returns:

the resource or null if not found