org.apache.log4j.helpers

Class Loader

public class Loader extends Object

Load resources (or images) from various sources.

Author: Ceki Gülcü

Method Summary
static URLgetResource(String resource, Class clazz)
Get a resource by delegating to getResource(String).
static URLgetResource(String resource)
This method will search for resource in different places.
static booleanisJava1()
Are we running under JDK 1.x?
static ClassloadClass(String clazz)
If running under JDK 1.2 load the specified class using the Thread contextClassLoader if that fails try Class.forname.

Method Detail

getResource

public static URL getResource(String resource, Class clazz)

Deprecated: as of 1.2.

Get a resource by delegating to getResource(String).

Parameters: resource resource name clazz class, ignored.

Returns: URL to resource or null.

getResource

public static URL getResource(String resource)
This method will search for resource in different places. The search order is as follows:

  1. Search for resource using the thread context class loader under Java2. If that fails, search for resource using the class loader that loaded this class (Loader). Under JDK 1.1, only the the class loader that loaded this class (Loader) is used.

  2. Try one last time with ClassLoader.getSystemResource(resource), that is is using the system class loader in JDK 1.2 and virtual machine's built-in class loader in JDK 1.1.

isJava1

public static boolean isJava1()
Are we running under JDK 1.x?

loadClass

public static Class loadClass(String clazz)
If running under JDK 1.2 load the specified class using the Thread contextClassLoader if that fails try Class.forname. Under JDK 1.1 only Class.forName is used.
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