Re: [Ikvm-developers] Dynamic loading woes (again)

[Jeroen F. <je...@su...>]

Michael Kay wrote:
> A supplementary question: how can I get hold of a ClassLoader
> that searches the Java ClassPath?

If you really want to use the CLASSPATH, that's not as trivial unfortunatel=
y. You have to manually parse the CLASSPATH and convert the parts to URLs a=
nd instantiate a URLClassLoader.

The GNU Classpath algorithm that is used to parse the CLASSPATH can be foun=
d here:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/classpath/java/lang/ClassLoader.java?ro=
ot=3Dclasspath&view=3Dmarkup

Look for getSystemClassLoaderUrls.

Regards,
Jeroen