| Load classes/resources from a side folder, so that
classes of the same package can live in a single jar file.
For example, with the following jar file:
/
+- foo
+- X.class
+- bar
+- X.class
ParallelWorldClassLoader ("foo/") would load X.class from
/foo/X.class (note that X is defined in the root package, not
foo.X.
This can be combined with
MaskingClassLoader to mask classes which are loaded by the parent
class loader so that the child class loader
classes living in different folders are loaded
before the parent class loader loads classes living the jar file publicly
visible
For example, with the following jar file:
/
+- foo
+- X.class
+- bar
+-foo
+- X.class
ParallelWorldClassLoader (MaskingClassLoader.class.getClassLoader()) would load foo.X.class from
/bar/foo.X.class not the foo.X.class in the publicly visible place in the jar file, thus
masking the parent classLoader from loading the class from foo.X.class
(note that X is defined in the package foo, not
bar.foo.X.
author:
Kohsuke Kawaguchi | 