RE: Class Loading Question

Hal Vaughan schreef:


Hi Hal,

The jar file(s) you specify at in the archive attribute are always
loaded prior to the application start up. The only thing you might be
able to do is use an java.net.URLClassLoader to load specific modules.
For example:

private Runnable clientModule;

void enterClient() {

   if (clientModule == null) {
     // maybe display message 'please wait loading module'
     URLClassLoader urlc = URLClassLoader.getInstance(
       "clientModule.jar", getClass().getClassLoader());
       try {
         clientModule = (Runnable)
            urlc.loadClass("my.package.ClientModule")
            .newInstance();
       } catch (Exception e) {
          // better exception handling
       }
    }

    clientModule.run();

}

Something like that. You might have some security issues though.

Vincent