org.pentaho.platform.plugin.services.pluginmgr

Class PluginClassLoader

java.lang.Object

java.lang.ClassLoader

java.security.SecureClassLoader

java.net.URLClassLoader

org.pentaho.platform.plugin.services.pluginmgr.PluginClassLoader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable

public class PluginClassLoader
extends URLClassLoader

A custom implementation of URLClassLoader for Pentaho Platform Plugins. It is used to load plugin jars and classes and aids in retrieving resources by providing a root directory to search for resources related to plugins.

Note: PluginClassLoader will search for jar files in a 'lib' subdirectory under the pluginDir provided in the constructor. Class and other resources will be visible to this classloader in either the root directory of the plugin or in the lib folder.

Author:

aphillips

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PluginClassLoader(File pluginDir, ClassLoader parent) Creates a class loader for loading plugin classes and discovering resources.
PluginClassLoader(File pluginDir, Object o) Convenience method that creates a PluginClassLoader with the current classloader as it's parent.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
File	getPluginDir()
Class<?>	loadClass(String name, boolean resolve)
void	setOverrideLoad(boolean b) Controls whether or not this classloader will eagerly load a class requested by loadClass(String, boolean) ahead of the parent classloader.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.net.URLClassLoader

close, findResource, findResources, getResourceAsStream, getURLs, newInstance, newInstance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, getParent, getResource, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PluginClassLoader

public PluginClassLoader(File pluginDir,
                         ClassLoader parent)

Creates a class loader for loading plugin classes and discovering resources. Jars must be located in [pluginDir]/lib.

Parameters:

pluginDir - the root directory of the plugin

parent - the parent classloader

PluginClassLoader

public PluginClassLoader(File pluginDir,
                         Object o)

Convenience method that creates a PluginClassLoader with the current classloader as it's parent.

Parameters:

pluginDir - the root directory of the plugin

o - the object from which the parent classloader will be derived

Method Detail

setOverrideLoad

public void setOverrideLoad(boolean b)

Controls whether or not this classloader will eagerly load a class requested by loadClass(String, boolean) ahead of the parent classloader. or delegate the load to the parent. If this method is not called, the default behavior will apply which is to *not* override classloading.

Parameters:

b - if true, loadClass method will look to this loader first to load a class, otherwise, the parent classloader will be queried first.

getPluginDir

public File getPluginDir()

loadClass

public Class<?> loadClass(String name,
                          boolean resolve)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Overrides:

loadClass in class ClassLoader

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object