Class java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader





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Class java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader


java.lang.Object
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+----java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader



public class RMIClassLoader
extends Object

The RMIClassLoader class provides static methods for loading classes
over the network. Classes can be loaded from either a particular URL,
or from the URL specified in the java.rmi.server.codebase
system property.








getSecurityContext(ClassLoader)
Returns the security context of the given class loader


loadClass(String)
Load a class from the URL specified in the
java.rmi.server.codebase property.

loadClass(URL, String)
Load a class from a URL.






loadClass

public static Class loadClass(String name) throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException


Load a class from the URL specified in the
java.rmi.server.codebase property.


Parameters:
name - the name of the class to load
Returns:
the Class object representing the loaded class
Throws: MalformedURLException
The system property java.rmi.server.codebase
does not contain a valid URL.
Throws: ClassNotFoundException
A definition for the class could not
be found at the codebase URL.



loadClass

public static Class loadClass(URL codebase,
String name) throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException


Load a class from a URL.


Parameters:
codebase - the URL from which to load the class
name - the name of the class to load
Returns:
the Class object representing the loaded class
Throws: MalformedURLException
The codebase paramater was null.
Throws: ClassNotFoundException
A definition for the class could not
be found at the specified URL.



getSecurityContext

public static Object getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader)


Returns the security context of the given class loader


Parameters:
loader - a class loader from which to get the security
context
Returns:
the security context (e.g., a URL)




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