## org.mortbay.util
Class Loader

    java.lang.Object
      org.mortbay.util.Loader

    public class Loader

extends Object

ClassLoader Helper. This helper class allows classes to be loaded either from the Thread's ContextClassLoader, the classloader of the derived class or the system ClassLoader. Usage:

     public class MyClass {
         void myMethod() {
              ...
              Class c=Loader.loadClass(this.getClass(),classname);
              ...
         }

Author:
  Greg Wilkins (gregw)

Constructor Summary
`Loader()`

Method Summary
`static URL` `getResource(Class loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents)`
`static ResourceBundle` `getResourceBundle(Class loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents, Locale locale)`
`static Class` `loadClass(Class loadClass, String name)`
`static Class` `loadClass(Class loadClass, String name, boolean checkParents)` Load a class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Loader

    public Loader()

Method Detail

### getResource

    public static URL getResource(Class loadClass,
                                  String name,
                                  boolean checkParents)
                           throws ClassNotFoundException

  Throws:
    `ClassNotFoundException`

### loadClass

    public static Class loadClass(Class loadClass,
                                  String name)
                           throws ClassNotFoundException

  Throws:
    `ClassNotFoundException`

### loadClass

    public static Class loadClass(Class loadClass,
                                  String name,
                                  boolean checkParents)
                           throws ClassNotFoundException

  Load a class.

  Parameters:
    `loadClass` -
    `name` -
    `checkParents` - If true, try loading directly from parent classloaders.
  Returns:
    Class
  Throws:
    `ClassNotFoundException`

### getResourceBundle

    public static ResourceBundle getResourceBundle(Class loadClass,
                                                   String name,
                                                   boolean checkParents,
                                                   Locale locale)
                                            throws MissingResourceException

  Throws:
    `MissingResourceException`

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