edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba

Class URLClassPath

java.lang.Object

edu.umd.cs.findbugs.ba.URLClassPath

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class URLClassPath
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

A work-alike class to use instead of BCEL's ClassPath class. The main difference is that URLClassPath can load classfiles from URLs.

Author:

David Hovemeyer

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
URLClassPath() Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addURL(java.lang.String fileName) Add given filename/URL to the classpath.
void	close() Close all underlying resources.
java.lang.String	getClassPath() Return the classpath string.
static java.lang.String	getFileExtension(java.lang.String fileName) Get the file extension of given fileName.
static java.lang.String	getURLProtocol(java.lang.String urlString) Get the URL protocol of given URL string.
static boolean	isArchiveExtension(java.lang.String fileExtension) Determine if given file extension indicates an archive file.
org.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass	lookupClass(java.lang.String className) Look up a class from the classpath.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLClassPath

public URLClassPath()

Constructor. Creates a classpath with no elements.

Method Detail

addURL

public void addURL(java.lang.String fileName)
            throws java.io.IOException

Add given filename/URL to the classpath. If no URL protocol is given, the filename is assumed to be a local file or directory. Remote directories must be specified with a "/" character at the end of the URL.

Parameters:

fileName - filename or URL of codebase (directory or archive file)

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if entry is invalid or does not exist

getClassPath

public java.lang.String getClassPath()

Return the classpath string.

Returns:

the classpath string

lookupClass

public org.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass lookupClass(java.lang.String className)
                                                throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Look up a class from the classpath.

Parameters:

className - name of class to look up

Returns:

the JavaClass object for the class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the class couldn't be found

close

public void close()

Close all underlying resources.

getURLProtocol

public static java.lang.String getURLProtocol(java.lang.String urlString)

Get the URL protocol of given URL string.

Parameters:

urlString - the URL string

Returns:

the protocol name ("http", "file", etc.), or null if there is no protocol

getFileExtension

public static java.lang.String getFileExtension(java.lang.String fileName)

Get the file extension of given fileName.

Returns:

the file extension, or null if there is no file extension

isArchiveExtension

public static boolean isArchiveExtension(java.lang.String fileExtension)

Determine if given file extension indicates an archive file.

Parameters:

fileExtension - the file extension (e.g., ".jar")

Returns:

true if the file extension indicates an archive, false otherwise