public static ClassLoader createClassLoader(File[] unpacked,
    File[] packed,
    ClassLoader parent) throws Exception 
{
    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
        return createClassLoader(unpacked, packed, null, parent);
}

Create and return a new class loader, based on the configuration defaults and the specified directory paths:

 public static ClassLoader createClassLoader(String[] locations,
    Integer[] types,
    ClassLoader parent) throws Exception 
{
        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
            log.debug("Creating new class loader");
        // Construct the "class path" for this class loader
        ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
        if (locations != null && types != null && locations.length == types.length) {
            for (int i = 0; i <  locations.length; i++)  {
                String location = locations[i];
                if ( types[i] == IS_URL ) {
                    URL url = new URL(location);
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                        log.debug("  Including URL " + url);
                    list.add(url);
                } else if ( types[i] == IS_DIR ) {
                    File directory = new File(location);
                    directory = new File(directory.getCanonicalPath());
                    if (!directory.exists() || !directory.isDirectory() ||
                        !directory.canRead())
                         continue;
                    URL url = directory.toURL();
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                        log.debug("  Including directory " + url);
                    list.add(url);
                } else if ( types[i] == IS_JAR ) {
                    File file=new File(location);
                    file = new File(file.getCanonicalPath());
                    if (!file.exists() || !file.canRead())
                        continue;
                    URL url = file.toURL();
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                        log.debug("  Including jar file " + url);
                    list.add(url);
                } else if ( types[i] == IS_GLOB ) {
                    File directory=new File(location);
                    if (!directory.exists() || !directory.isDirectory() ||
                        !directory.canRead())
                        continue;
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                        log.debug("  Including directory glob "
                            + directory.getAbsolutePath());
                    String filenames[] = directory.list();
                    for (int j = 0; j <  filenames.length; j++) {
                        String filename = filenames[j].toLowerCase();
                        if (!filename.endsWith(".jar"))
                            continue;
                        File file = new File(directory, filenames[j]);
                        file = new File(file.getCanonicalPath());
                        if (!file.exists() || !file.canRead())
                            continue;
                        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                            log.debug("    Including glob jar file "
                                + file.getAbsolutePath());
                        URL url = file.toURL();
                        list.add(url);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        // Construct the class loader itself
        URL[] array = (URL[]) list.toArray(new URL[list.size()]);
        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
            for (int i = 0; i <  array.length; i++) {
                log.debug("  location " + i + " is " + array[i]);
            }
        StandardClassLoader classLoader = null;
        if (parent == null)
            classLoader = new StandardClassLoader(array);
        else
            classLoader = new StandardClassLoader(array, parent);
        return (classLoader);
}

Create and return a new class loader, based on the configuration defaults and the specified directory paths:

 public static ClassLoader createClassLoader(File[] unpacked,
    File[] packed,
    URL[] urls,
    ClassLoader parent) throws Exception 
{
        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
            log.debug("Creating new class loader");
        // Construct the "class path" for this class loader
        ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
        // Add unpacked directories
        if (unpacked != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i <  unpacked.length; i++)  {
                File file = unpacked[i];
                if (!file.exists() || !file.canRead())
                    continue;
                file = new File(file.getCanonicalPath() + File.separator);
                URL url = file.toURL();
                if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                    log.debug("  Including directory " + url);
                list.add(url);
            }
        }
        // Add packed directory JAR files
        if (packed != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i <  packed.length; i++) {
                File directory = packed[i];
                if (!directory.isDirectory() || !directory.exists() ||
                    !directory.canRead())
                    continue;
                String filenames[] = directory.list();
                for (int j = 0; j <  filenames.length; j++) {
                    String filename = filenames[j].toLowerCase();
                    if (!filename.endsWith(".jar"))
                        continue;
                    File file = new File(directory, filenames[j]);
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled())
                        log.debug("  Including jar file " + file.getAbsolutePath());
                    URL url = file.toURL();
                    list.add(url);
                }
            }
        }
        // Construct the class loader itself
        URL[] array = (URL[]) list.toArray(new URL[list.size()]);
        StandardClassLoader classLoader = null;
        if (parent == null)
            classLoader = new StandardClassLoader(array);
        else
            classLoader = new StandardClassLoader(array, parent);
        return (classLoader);
}

Create and return a new class loader, based on the configuration defaults and the specified directory paths: