org.objectweb.jonas_lib.loader.factory
Class URLFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.objectweb.jonas_lib.loader.factory.URLFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DirURLFactory, JarURLFactory

public abstract class URLFactory
extends java.lang.Object

An URLFactory is used to create a URL from a base URL.

Author:

Guillaume Sauthier

Constructor Summary

URLFactory()

Method Summary

static URLFactory	getFactory(java.net.URL url) Return a new URLFactory in function of the URL type.
abstract java.net.URL	getURL(java.lang.String path) Returns a new URL basically adding path to the base URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

URLFactory

public URLFactory()

Method Detail

getURL

public abstract java.net.URL getURL(java.lang.String path)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Returns a new URL basically adding path to the base URL.

Parameters:

path - the path to add to the URL.

Returns:

a new URL.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - when created URL is invalid.

getFactory

public static URLFactory getFactory(java.net.URL url)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Return a new URLFactory in function of the URL type. an URL pointing to a jar file will return a JarURLFactory and an URL pointing to a directory file will return a DirURLFactory.

Parameters:

url - the base URL

Returns:

a new URLFactory in function of the URL type.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - when cannot find a specialized factory for the given URL.