net.jini.loader

Class LoadClass

java.lang.Object

net.jini.loader.LoadClass

public class LoadClass
extends Object

LoadClass delegates to @link {Class#forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader)}, calls to each ClassLoader are thread confined.

Author:

peter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class	forName(String name, boolean initialize, ClassLoader loader) Returns the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given string name, using the given class loader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

forName

public static Class forName(String name,
                            boolean initialize,
                            ClassLoader loader)
                     throws ClassNotFoundException

Returns the Class object associated with the class or interface with the given string name, using the given class loader. This method calls Class.forName(String,boolean,ClassLoader), from a Thread dedicated for each ClassLoader, avoiding contention for ClassLoader locks by thread confinement. This provides a significant scalability benefit for JERI, without needing to resort to parallel ClassLoader locks, which isn't part of the Java specification. If loader is null, thread confinement is not used.

Parameters:

name - fully qualified name of the desired class

initialize - whether the class must be initialized

loader - class loader from which the class must be loaded

Returns:

class object representing the desired class

Throws:

LinkageError - if the linkage fails

ExceptionInInitializerError - if the initialization provoked by this method fails

ClassNotFoundException - if the class cannot be located by the specified class loader

Since:

3.0

See Also:

Class