org.picocontainer.classname
Interface ClassLoadingPicoContainer

All Superinterfaces:

Disposable, MutablePicoContainer, PicoContainer, Startable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultClassLoadingPicoContainer

public interface ClassLoadingPicoContainer
extends MutablePicoContainer

A ClassLoadingPicoContainer extends PicoContainer with classloader juggling capability

Author:

Paul Hammant, Aslak Hellesøy

Method Summary

ClassLoadingPicoContainer	addChildContainer(String name, PicoContainer child) Addes a child container with a given name
ClassPathElement	addClassLoaderURL(URL url) Adds a new URL that will be used in classloading
ClassLoader	getComponentClassLoader() Returns class loader that is the aggregate of the URLs added.
ClassLoadingPicoContainer	makeChildContainer(String name) Make a child container with a given name

Methods inherited from interface org.picocontainer.MutablePicoContainer

addAdapter, addChildContainer, addComponent, addComponent, addConfig, as, change, makeChildContainer, removeChildContainer, removeComponent, removeComponentByInstance, setLifecycleState, setName

Methods inherited from interface org.picocontainer.PicoContainer

accept, getComponent, getComponent, getComponent, getComponent, getComponentAdapter, getComponentAdapter, getComponentAdapter, getComponentAdapters, getComponentAdapters, getComponentAdapters, getComponents, getComponents, getParent

Methods inherited from interface org.picocontainer.Startable

start, stop

Methods inherited from interface org.picocontainer.Disposable

dispose

Method Detail

addClassLoaderURL

ClassPathElement addClassLoaderURL(URL url)

Adds a new URL that will be used in classloading

Parameters:

url - url of the jar to find components in.

Returns:

ClassPathElement to add permissions to (subject to security policy)

getComponentClassLoader

ClassLoader getComponentClassLoader()

Returns class loader that is the aggregate of the URLs added.

Returns:

A ClassLoader

makeChildContainer

ClassLoadingPicoContainer makeChildContainer(String name)

Make a child container with a given name

Parameters:

name - the container name

Returns:

The ScriptedPicoContainer

addChildContainer

ClassLoadingPicoContainer addChildContainer(String name,
                                            PicoContainer child)

Addes a child container with a given name

Parameters:

name - the container name

child - the child PicoContainer