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Class java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader 

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader
public class RMIClassLoader
extends Object
The RMIClassLoader class provides static methods for loading classes over the network. Classes can be loaded from either a particular URL, or from the URL specified in the java.rmi.server.codebase system property.

Method Index

o getSecurityContext(ClassLoader)
Returns the security context of the given class loader
o loadClass(String)
Load a class from the URL specified in the java.rmi.server.codebase property.
o loadClass(URL, String)
Load a class from a URL.

Methods

o loadClass 
 public static Class loadClass(String name) throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException
Load a class from the URL specified in the java.rmi.server.codebase property.

Parameters:
name - the name of the class to load
Returns:
the Class object representing the loaded class
Throws: MalformedURLException
The system property java.rmi.server.codebase does not contain a valid URL.
Throws: ClassNotFoundException
A definition for the class could not be found at the codebase URL.
o loadClass 
 public static Class loadClass(URL codebase,
                               String name) throws MalformedURLException, ClassNotFoundException
Load a class from a URL.

Parameters:
codebase - the URL from which to load the class
name - the name of the class to load
Returns:
the Class object representing the loaded class
Throws: MalformedURLException
The codebase paramater was null.
Throws: ClassNotFoundException
A definition for the class could not be found at the specified URL.
o getSecurityContext 
 public static Object getSecurityContext(ClassLoader loader)
Returns the security context of the given class loader

Parameters:
loader - a class loader from which to get the security context
Returns:
the security context (e.g., a URL) 
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