Appending folder to classpath at runtime

[Zak Nixon]

Is there anyway to "legally" change the Java classpath
during program execution? Or some way to tell the JDK classloader
where to look for user specified files ?

Thanks

Zak Nixon

[Arjun K]

Taken From : Zak Nixon
Is there anyway to "legally" change the Java classpath
during program execution? Or some way to tell the JDK classloader
where to look for user specified files ?

No you cannot change the classpath dynamically with System.setProperty("java.class.path",newClassPath).

The way to achieve the effect is to create a java.net.URLClassLoader with the extra paths that you want to be searched during runtime.

HTH,
Arjun K

[Zak Nixon]

Thanks Arjun K.

By using the URLClassLoader class, I was successfully able to
amend my classpath and load my classes as needed.

I appreciate the help and guidance.

Zak