org.eclipse.jetty.util

## Class Loader

- java.lang.Object
- - org.eclipse.jetty.util.Loader

    public class Loader
    extends Object

ClassLoader Helper. This helper class allows classes to be loaded either from the Thread's ContextClassLoader, the classloader of the derived class or the system ClassLoader. Usage:

     public class MyClass {
         void myMethod() {
              ...
              Class c=Loader.loadClass(this.getClass(),classname);
              ...
         }

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`Loader()`

### Method Summary

Methods
`static String` `getClassPath(ClassLoader loader)` Generate the classpath (as a string) of all classloaders above the given classloader.
`static URL` `getResource(Class<?> loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents)`
`static ResourceBundle` `getResourceBundle(Class<?> loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents, Locale locale)`
`static Class` `loadClass(Class loadClass, String name)`
`static Class` `loadClass(Class loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents)` Load a class.

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

### Constructor Detail

#### Loader

    public Loader()

### Method Detail

#### getResource

    public static URL getResource(Class<?> loadClass,
                  String name,
                  boolean checkParents)

#### loadClass

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

Throws:
  `ClassNotFoundException`

#### loadClass

    public static Class loadClass(Class loadClass,
                  String name,
                  boolean checkParents)
                           throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class.

Parameters:
  `loadClass` -
  `name` -
  `checkParents` - If true, try loading directly from parent classloaders.
Returns:
  Class
Throws:
  `ClassNotFoundException`

#### getResourceBundle

    public static ResourceBundle getResourceBundle(Class<?> loadClass,
                                   String name,
                                   boolean checkParents,
                                   Locale locale)
                                            throws MissingResourceException

Throws:
  `MissingResourceException`

#### getClassPath

    public static String getClassPath(ClassLoader loader)
                               throws Exception

Generate the classpath (as a string) of all classloaders above the given classloader. This is primarily used for jasper.

Returns:
  the system class path
Throws:
  `Exception`