public class

Loader

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.apache.log4j.helpers.Loader

Class Overview

Load resources (or images) from various sources.

Summary

Public Constructors
Loader()
Public Methods
static URL getResource(String resource)
This method will search for resource in different places.
static URL getResource(String resource, Class clazz)
This method is deprecated. as of 1.2.
static boolean isJava1()
Are we running under JDK 1.x?
static Class loadClass(String clazz)
If running under JDK 1.2 load the specified class using the Thread contextClassLoader if that fails try Class.forname.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public Loader ()

Public Methods

public static URL getResource (String resource)

This method will search for resource in different places. The search order is as follows:

  1. Search for resource using the thread context class loader under Java2. If that fails, search for resource using the class loader that loaded this class (Loader). Under JDK 1.1, only the the class loader that loaded this class (Loader) is used.

  2. Try one last time with ClassLoader.getSystemResource(resource), that is is using the system class loader in JDK 1.2 and virtual machine's built-in class loader in JDK 1.1.

public static URL getResource (String resource, Class clazz)

This method is deprecated.
as of 1.2.

Get a resource by delegating to getResource(String).

Parameters
resource resource name
clazz class, ignored.
Returns
  • URL to resource or null.

public static boolean isJava1 ()

Are we running under JDK 1.x?

public static Class loadClass (String clazz)

If running under JDK 1.2 load the specified class using the Thread contextClassLoader if that fails try Class.forname. Under JDK 1.1 only Class.forName is used.

Throws
ClassNotFoundException