org.quartz.spi
Interface ClassLoadHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:

CascadingClassLoadHelper, InitThreadContextClassLoadHelper, LoadingLoaderClassLoadHelper, SimpleClassLoadHelper, ThreadContextClassLoadHelper

public interface ClassLoadHelper

An interface for classes wishing to provide the service of loading classes and resources within the scheduler...

Author:

jhouse, pl47ypus

Method Summary

java.lang.ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Enable sharing of the class-loader with 3rd party (e.g.
java.net.URL	getResource(java.lang.String name) Finds a resource with a given name.
java.io.InputStream	getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String name) Finds a resource with a given name.
void	initialize() Called to give the ClassLoadHelper a chance to initialize itself, including the opportunity to "steal" the class loader off of the calling thread, which is the thread that is initializing Quartz.
java.lang.Class	loadClass(java.lang.String name) Return the class with the given name.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize()

Called to give the ClassLoadHelper a chance to initialize itself, including the opportunity to "steal" the class loader off of the calling thread, which is the thread that is initializing Quartz.

loadClass

java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String name)
                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Return the class with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the fqcn of the class to load.

Returns:

the requested class.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the class can be found in the classpath.

getResource

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

Finds a resource with a given name. This method returns null if no resource with this name is found.

Parameters:

name - name of the desired resource

Returns:

a java.net.URL object

getResourceAsStream

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

Finds a resource with a given name. This method returns null if no resource with this name is found.

Parameters:

name - name of the desired resource

Returns:

a java.io.InputStream object

getClassLoader

java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Enable sharing of the class-loader with 3rd party (e.g. digester).

Returns:

the class-loader user be the helper.