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Java Security

by Scott Oaks
May 1998
Intermediate to advanced
469 pages
14h 57m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Class java.net.URLClassLoader

Synopsis

This class provides a concrete class loader that may be used to load classes from one or more URLs (either http-based or file-based URLs). Since it is a secure class loader, classes loaded from a URL class loader will be fully integrated into the access controller’s security model.

Class Definition

public class java.net.URLClassLoader
	extends java.security.SecureClassLoader {

	// Constructors
	public URLClassLoader(URL[], ClassLoader);
	public URLClassLoader(URL[]);
	public URLCLassLoader(URL[], ClassLoader, URLStreamHandlerFactory);

	// Class Methods
	public static URLClassLoader newInstance(URL[]);
	public static URLClassLoader newInstance(URL[], ClassLoader);

	// Instance Methods
	public URL findResource(String);
	public Enumeration findResources(String);
	public URL[] getURLs();

	// Protected Instance Methods
	protected void addURL(URL);
	protected Package definePackage(String, Manifest, URL);
	protected Class findClass(String);
	protected PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource);
}

See also:

ClassLoader, SecureClassLoader

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