RMIClassLoader (GNU Classpath 0.94-pre Documentation)

Class RMIClassLoader

public class RMIClassLoader extends Object

This class provides a set of public static utility methods for supporting network-based class loading in RMI. These methods are called by RMI's internal marshal streams to implement the dynamic class loading of types for RMI parameters and return values.

Since: 1.1

Method Summary
static String	getClassAnnotation(Class<?> cl) Returns a string representation of the network location where a remote endpoint can get the class-definition of the given class.
static ClassLoader	getClassLoader(String codebase) Gets a classloader for the given codebase and with the current context classloader as parent.
static RMIClassLoaderSpi	getDefaultProviderInstance() Returns the default service provider for `RMIClassLoader`.
static Object	getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader)
static Class<?>	loadClass(String name)
static Class<?>	loadClass(String codebase, String name)
static Class<?>	loadClass(String codebase, String name, ClassLoader defaultLoader)
static Class<?>	loadClass(URL codeBase, String name) Loads a class from `codeBase`.
static Class<?>	loadProxyClass(String codeBase, String[] interfaces, ClassLoader defaultLoader)

Method Summary

static String

getClassAnnotation(Class<?> cl)

Returns a string representation of the network location where a remote endpoint can get the class-definition of the given class.

static ClassLoader

getClassLoader(String codebase)

Gets a classloader for the given codebase and with the current context classloader as parent.

static RMIClassLoaderSpi

getDefaultProviderInstance()

Returns the default service provider for RMIClassLoader.

static Object

getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader)

static Class<?>

loadClass(String name)

static Class<?>

loadClass(String codebase, String name)

static Class<?>

loadClass(String codebase, String name, ClassLoader defaultLoader)

static Class<?>

loadClass(URL codeBase, String name)

Loads a class from codeBase.

static Class<?>

loadProxyClass(String codeBase, String[] interfaces, ClassLoader defaultLoader)

Method Detail

getClassAnnotation

Returns a string representation of the network location where a remote endpoint can get the class-definition of the given class.

Parameters: cl

Returns: a space seperated list of URLs where the class-definition of cl may be found

getClassLoader

Gets a classloader for the given codebase and with the current context classloader as parent.

Parameters: codebase

Returns: a classloader for the given codebase

Throws: MalformedURLException if the codebase contains a malformed URL

getDefaultProviderInstance

Returns the default service provider for RMIClassLoader.

Returns: the default provider for RMIClassLoader

getSecurityContext

loadClass

Loads a class from codeBase. This method delegates to {@link RMIClassLoaderSpi#loadClass(String, String, ClassLoader)} and passes codeBase.toString() as first argument, name as second argument and null as third argument.

Parameters: codeBase the code base from which to load the class name the name of the class

Returns: the loaded class

Throws: MalformedURLException if the URL is not well formed ClassNotFoundException if the requested class cannot be found