FindBugs™ 1.3.9

edu.umd.cs.findbugs
Class PluginLoader

java.lang.Object
  extended by edu.umd.cs.findbugs.PluginLoader

public class PluginLoader
extends java.lang.Object

Loader for a FindBugs plugin. A plugin is a jar file containing two metadata files, "findbugs.xml" and "messages.xml". Those files specify

The PluginLoader creates a Plugin object to store the Detector factories and metadata.

Author:
David Hovemeyer
See Also:
Plugin, PluginException

Constructor Summary
PluginLoader()
          Constructor.
PluginLoader(java.net.URL url)
          Constructor.
PluginLoader(java.net.URL url, java.lang.ClassLoader parent)
          Constructor.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()
           
static java.net.URL getCoreResource(java.lang.String name)
           
 Plugin getPlugin()
          Get the Plugin.
 boolean isCorePlugin()
           
static java.net.URL loadFromFindBugsEtcDir(java.lang.String name)
           
static java.net.URL loadFromFindBugsPluginDir(java.lang.String name)
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

PluginLoader

public PluginLoader(java.net.URL url)
             throws PluginException
Constructor.

Parameters:
url - the URL of the plugin Jar file
Throws:
PluginException - if the plugin cannot be fully loaded

PluginLoader

public PluginLoader(java.net.URL url,
                    java.lang.ClassLoader parent)
             throws PluginException
Constructor.

Parameters:
url - the URL of the plugin Jar file
parent - the parent classloader
Throws:
PluginException

PluginLoader

public PluginLoader()
Constructor. Loads a plugin using the caller's class loader. This constructor should only be used to load the "core" findbugs detectors, which are built into findbugs.jar.

Method Detail

getClassLoader

public java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()
Returns:
Returns the classLoader.

getPlugin

public Plugin getPlugin()
                 throws PluginException
Get the Plugin.

Throws:
PluginException - if the plugin cannot be fully loaded

getCoreResource

@CheckForNull
public static java.net.URL getCoreResource(java.lang.String name)

loadFromFindBugsEtcDir

@CheckForNull
public static java.net.URL loadFromFindBugsEtcDir(java.lang.String name)

loadFromFindBugsPluginDir

@CheckForNull
public static java.net.URL loadFromFindBugsPluginDir(java.lang.String name)

isCorePlugin

public boolean isCorePlugin()

FindBugs™ 1.3.9

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