org.codehaus.classworlds
Class ClassWorld

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.classworlds.ClassWorld

public class ClassWorld

extends java.lang.Object

A collection of ClassRealms, indexed by id.

Version:

$Id: ClassWorld.java,v 1.2 2003/09/23 14:09:46 jvanzyl Exp $

Author:

bob mcwhirter

Field Summary

private java.util.Map

realms Realms, indexed by id.

Constructor Summary

ClassWorld()
Construct.

Method Summary

ClassRealm	getRealm(java.lang.String id) Retrieve a ClassRealm by its id.
(package private) DefaultClassRealm	getRealmImpl(java.lang.String id) Retrieve a ClassRealmImpl by its id.
java.util.Collection	getRealms() Retrieve the collection of all ClassRealms in this world.
(package private) java.lang.Class	loadClass(java.lang.String name) Load a class.
ClassRealm	newRealm(java.lang.String id) Create a new ClassRealm.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

realms

private java.util.Map realms

Realms, indexed by id.

Constructor Detail

ClassWorld

public ClassWorld()

Construct.

Method Detail

newRealm

public ClassRealm newRealm(java.lang.String id)
                    throws DuplicateRealmException

Create a new ClassRealm.

Parameters:

id - The realm id.

Returns:

The newly created realm.

Throws:

DuplicateRealmException - If this class-world already contains a realm with the specified id.

getRealm

public ClassRealm getRealm(java.lang.String id)
                    throws NoSuchRealmException

Retrieve a ClassRealm by its id.

Parameters:

id - The id.

Returns:

The matching class-realm.

Throws:

NoSuchRealmException - If the id does not correspond to any known class-realm.

getRealmImpl

DefaultClassRealm getRealmImpl(java.lang.String id)
                         throws NoSuchRealmException

Retrieve a ClassRealmImpl by its id.

Parameters:

id - The id.

Returns:

The matching class-realm.

Throws:

NoSuchRealmException - If the id does not correspond to any known class-realm.

getRealms

public java.util.Collection getRealms()

Retrieve the collection of all ClassRealms in this world.

Returns:

The collectio of class-realms.

loadClass

java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String name)
                    throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Load a class.

Parameters:

name - The name of the class to load.

Returns:

The loaded class.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - If the class cannot be found.