Constructor Detail

• DirectoryClassLoader

  public DirectoryClassLoader(java.io.File dir)

  Deprecated. 
  Constructor that provides the name of the directory in which to search for a given class.

  Parameters:

  dir - The File specifying the directory to search.

• DirectoryClassLoader

  public DirectoryClassLoader(java.lang.String dirName)

  Deprecated. 
  Constructor that provides the name of the directory in which to search for a given class.

  Parameters:

  dirName - A file pathname specifying the directory to search.

Method Detail

• loadClass

  protected java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String name,
                                      boolean resolve)
                               throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

  Deprecated. 
  Attempt to load a class if it is not already loaded, and optionally resolve any imports it might have.

  Overrides:

  loadClass in class java.lang.ClassLoader

  Parameters:

  name - The fully-qualified name of the class to load.

  resolve - True if imports should be resolved, false otherwise.

  Returns:

  the class that was loaded

  Throws:

  java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the class was not found.

• getResourceAsStream

  public java.io.InputStream getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String name)

  Deprecated. 
  Returns an input stream for reading the specified resource.

  Overrides:

  getResourceAsStream in class java.lang.ClassLoader

  Parameters:

  name - the resource name

  Returns:

  an input stream for reading the resource, or null if the resource could not be found redundant in 1.2

• getResource

  public java.net.URL getResource(java.lang.String name)

  Deprecated. 
  Finds the resource with the given name. A resource is some data (images, audio, text, etc) that can be accessed by class code in a way that is independent of the location of the code.

  The name of a resource is a "/"-separated path name that identifies the resource.

  This method will first search the parent class loader for the resource, then call findResource to find the resource.

  Overrides:

  getResource in class java.lang.ClassLoader

  Parameters:

  name - resource name

  Returns:

  a URL for reading the resource, or null if the resource could not be found or the caller doesn't have adequate privileges to get the resource. redundant in 1.2

• findResource

  public java.net.URL findResource(java.lang.String name)

  Deprecated. 
  Finds the resource with the given name. Class loader implementations should override this method to specify where to find resources.

  Overrides:

  findResource in class java.lang.ClassLoader

  Parameters:

  name - the resource name

  Returns:

  a URL for reading the resource, or null if the resource could not be found

  Since:

  JDK1.2