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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:05:33 +0200
From: Stefano Mazzocchi <stefano@apache.org>
Organization: Apache Software Foundation
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Subject: Re: [C2 Sitemap] Classloading comment
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Niclas Hedhman wrote:
> 
> <map:generator
>     type="dir"
>     src="file:///home/mystuff/java/MyDirGenerator.class"
> />
> 
> from the proposed sitemap.
> 
> This is a really troublesome feature. None of the existing classloaders
> can handle it, and if you make your own you will have a smaller headache
> to figure out which part of the path that is the package name.

??? the package name is contained inside the class.
 
> I therefor suggest another generic format,
> 
> <map:generator
>     type="dir"
>     src="class:///mypackage.DirGenerator"
>     url="file:///home/niclas/java/"
> />
> 
> If 'url' attribute is not present, the system class loader is used,
> otherwise, for each URL an URLClassloader (we are Java2, right?) is
> instantiated and class is loaded.
> 
> Niclas
> 
> P.S.  Also note the 3 dashes for the class: protocol. In the URL spec,
> it is said that after the 2 slashes follows host name. I can go with 0,
> 1 or 3 dashes, but not 2.

You're right for this one.

-- 
Stefano Mazzocchi      One must still have chaos in oneself to be
                          able to give birth to a dancing star.
<stefano@apache.org>                             Friedrich Nietzsche
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