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Interface ClassLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassPathLoader, FileLoader

public interface ClassLoader

The ClassLoader interface provides an abstraction over the sources of class files.

Author:

Paul Keeble

Method Summary

byte[]

readClass(java.lang.String className) Finds a class in the Readers space and loads all the bytes of the file.

Method Detail

readClass

byte[] readClass(java.lang.String className)
                 throws ClassNotFoundException,
                        java.io.IOException

Finds a class in the Readers space and loads all the bytes of the file.

Parameters:

className - the fully qualified file name using /'s as separators. eg com/package/Name.class

Returns:

The bytes representing the contents of the found file.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If the given class can not be found.

java.io.IOException - On IO Error whilst reading class.