edu.umd.cs.findbugs

Class PluginLoader

public class PluginLoader extends URLClassLoader

Loader for a FindBugs plugin. A plugin is a jar file containing two metadata files, "findbugs.xml" and "messages.xml". Those files specify

the bug pattern Detector classes,
the bug patterns detected (including all text for displaying detected instances of those patterns), and
the "bug codes" which group together related bug instances

The PluginLoader creates a Plugin object to store the Detector factories and metadata.

Author: David Hovemeyer

Constructor Summary
	PluginLoader(URL url) Constructor.
	PluginLoader(URL url, ClassLoader parent) Constructor.

Method Summary
Plugin	getPlugin() Get the Plugin.

Constructor Detail

public PluginLoader(URL url)

Constructor.

Parameters: url the URL of the plugin Jar file

Throws: PluginException if the plugin cannot be fully loaded

public PluginLoader(URL url, ClassLoader parent)

Constructor.

Parameters: url the URL of the plugin Jar file parent the parent classloader

public Plugin getPlugin()

Get the Plugin.

Throws: PluginException if the plugin cannot be fully loaded