Package de.iip_ecosphere.platform.support.plugins

Class CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor

java.lang.Object

de.iip_ecosphere.platform.support.plugins.CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PluginSetupDescriptor

public class CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor
extends Object
implements PluginSetupDescriptor

A default plugin setup descriptor taking the actual/parent classloader as actual one. This descriptor is intended for plugins that do not need to load further classes or, in turn, use the plugin mechanism for implementation.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger, SSE

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor	INSTANCE	Instance for the current class loader provided by the plugin manager.
private ClassLoader	loader

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor()	Creates a default instance using PluginSetup.getClassLoader().
CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor(ClassLoader loader)	Creates an instance for a specific class loader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassLoader	createClassLoader(ClassLoader parent)	Returns the class loader being responsible for loading the plugin.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface de.iip_ecosphere.platform.support.plugins.PluginSetupDescriptor

getInstallDir, getPluginDescriptors, preventDuplicates

Field Details

INSTANCE

public static final CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor INSTANCE

Instance for the current class loader provided by the plugin manager. This is PluginSetup.getClassLoader().

loader

private ClassLoader loader

Constructor Details

CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor

public CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor()

Creates a default instance using PluginSetup.getClassLoader().

CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor

public CurrentClassloaderPluginSetupDescriptor(ClassLoader loader)

Creates an instance for a specific class loader.

Parameters:

loader - the class loader to use, may be null then PluginSetup.getClassLoader() is used

Method Details

createClassLoader

public ClassLoader createClassLoader(ClassLoader parent)

Description copied from interface: PluginSetupDescriptor

Returns the class loader being responsible for loading the plugin.

Specified by:

createClassLoader in interface PluginSetupDescriptor

Parameters:

parent - the parent class loader with basic dependencies to use for loading this plugin

Returns:

the class loader