org.jboss.classloading.spi

Interface ClassLoadingDomain

public interface ClassLoadingDomain

A ClassLoadingDomain holds a number of classloaders.

Version:

$Revision: 69888 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Enumeration<URL>	findResources(String name)
ClassLoadingDomain	getParent() Get the parent classloading domain
URL	getResource(String name, DomainClassLoader classLoader) Get a resource
Translator	getTranslator()
Class<?>	loadClass(String name, boolean resolve, DomainClassLoader classLoader) Load a class from this domain

Method Detail

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

getResource

URL getResource(String name,
                DomainClassLoader classLoader)

Get a resource

Parameters:

name - the resource name

classLoader - the requesting classloader

Returns:

the resource or null if not found

findResources

Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name)

getTranslator

Translator getTranslator()