NOS.system
Class NOSClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  NOS.system.NOSClassLoader

public class NOSClassLoader
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

NOSClassLoader()
Create a new NOSClassLoader

Method Summary

NOSApplication	getInstanceOf(java.lang.String className) Create a new instance of a named NOSApplication class.
NOSDesktopBackgroundPlugin	getInstanceOfDesktopBackgroundPlugin(java.lang.String className, java.lang.String path, java.awt.Component comp) Create a new instance of a named NOSDesktopBackgroundPlugin class.
void	importJar(java.lang.String jarName) Imports all the classes in a given JAR file into this class loader.
java.util.Enumeration	listLoadedJars() Returns an Enumeration of all the loaded JAR files.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NOSClassLoader

public NOSClassLoader()

Create a new NOSClassLoader

Method Detail

listLoadedJars

public java.util.Enumeration listLoadedJars()

Returns an Enumeration of all the loaded JAR files.

Returns:

An Enumeration of all the loaded JAR files.

importJar

public void importJar(java.lang.String jarName)
               throws java.io.IOException

Imports all the classes in a given JAR file into this class loader.

Parameters:

jarName - The name of the jar file to be imported.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Throws an exception if something goes wrong when importing the named JAR file.

getInstanceOf

public NOSApplication getInstanceOf(java.lang.String className)

Create a new instance of a named NOSApplication class.

Parameters:

className - The 'binary name' of the class.

Returns:

The NOSApplication instance or null.

getInstanceOfDesktopBackgroundPlugin

public NOSDesktopBackgroundPlugin getInstanceOfDesktopBackgroundPlugin(java.lang.String className,
                                                                       java.lang.String path,
                                                                       java.awt.Component comp)

Create a new instance of a named NOSDesktopBackgroundPlugin class.

Parameters:

className - The 'binary name' of the class.

path - The path to the file to load as a background

comp - The Component onto which the background will be drawn.

Returns:

The NOSDesktopBackgroundPlugin instance or null.