Java Jar File Load loadJar(File jar)

Description

Load a jar

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
jar	file of jar

Exception

Parameter	Description
MalformedURLException	an exception

Return

classloader

Declaration

public static ClassLoader loadJar(File jar) throws MalformedURLException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;

import java.net.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Load a jar
     * @param jar file of jar
     * @return classloader
     * @throws MalformedURLException
     */
    public static ClassLoader loadJar(File jar) throws MalformedURLException {
        java.net.URL url = jar.toURI().toURL();
        return new URLClassLoader(new URL[] { url });
    }
}

Related

1. loadClassesFromJar(final String jarPath, final CharSequence matchingPath)
2. loadClassFromJar(String jarAbsolutePath, String className)
3. loadJar(String jarPath)
4. loadJar(String path)
5. loadJarFile(File jarFile, String className)
6. loadJarInSystemClassLoader(File out)