org.jboss.security.plugins

Interface ClassLoaderLocator

public interface ClassLoaderLocator

An interface to locate a ClassLoader The primary use of this interface is in the JBoss Application Server, which needs to inject a module class loader for custom login modules etc

Since:

Nov 14, 2011

Author:

Anil Saldhana

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default ClassLoader	get(List<String> modules) Given a list of module names, return a ClassLoader that combines all module loaders.
ClassLoader	get(String module) Given a module name, return a ClassLoader

Method Detail

get

ClassLoader get(String module)

Given a module name, return a ClassLoader

Parameters:

module - the name of the module for which we want a ClassLoader.

Returns:

the module ClassLoader.

get

default ClassLoader get(List<String> modules)

Given a list of module names, return a ClassLoader that combines all module loaders. This method was made default to ensure API compatibility in WildFly. Implementations that are meant to provide support for multiple modules must override this default method implementation, which uses only the first module found in the list.

Parameters:

modules - the set of modules for which we want a ClassLoader.

Returns:

the combined ClassLoader