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package uk.org.retep.util.classloader;
import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URLClassLoader;
import java.util.List;
import uk.org.retep.util.io.FileUtils;
/**
*
* @author peter
*/
public class ClassLoaderUtils
{
private ClassLoaderUtils()
{
}
/**
* Create a ClassLoader that contains all jar files within a directory
* @param directory File representing the directory
* @return ClassLoader
* @throws java.net.MalformedURLException if the ClassLoader could not be created.
*/
public static ClassLoader createDeploymentClassLoader( final File directory )
throws MalformedURLException
{
final List files = FileUtils.findFiles( directory,
FileUtils.JAR_FILTER,
false );
return new URLClassLoader( FileUtils.toURLArray( files ) );
}
/**
* Create a ClassLoader that contains all jar files within a directory
* @param directory File representing the directory
* @return ClassLoader
* @throws java.net.MalformedURLException if the ClassLoader could not be created.
*/
public static ClassLoader createDeploymentClassLoader( final File directory,
final ClassLoader parent )
throws MalformedURLException
{
final List files = FileUtils.findFiles( directory,
FileUtils.JAR_FILTER,
false );
return new URLClassLoader( FileUtils.toURLArray( files ), parent );
}
}