com.sun.corba.ee.spi.orb

Interface ClassCodeBaseHandler

public interface ClassCodeBaseHandler

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getCodeBase(Class<?> cls) Returns some sort of codebase for the given class, or null.
Class<?>	loadClass(String codebase, String className) load a class given the classname and a codebase.

Method Detail

getCodeBase

String getCodeBase(Class<?> cls)

Returns some sort of codebase for the given class, or null. It is expected that, if str is the result of getCodeBase( cls ), then loadClass( str, cls.getClassName() ) will return cls. A codebase to use with this handler, or null if this handler does not apply to this class.

Parameters:

cls - Class for which we need a codebase

Returns:

Codebase string

loadClass

Class<?> loadClass(String codebase,
                   String className)

load a class given the classname and a codebase. The className will always satisfy cls.getClassName().equals( className ) if the call succeeds and returns a Class. codebase A string that somehow describes which ClassLoader to use. For example, the string could be an ordinary URL that a URL ClassLoader can use, or something more specialized, such as a description of an OSGi bundles and version. className The name of the class to load. The loaded class, or null if the class could not be loaded.

Parameters:

codebase - The codebase to use for finding the ClassLoader

className - The name of the class to load

Returns:

The loaded class