add a remote jar to classpath

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cyberco - 09 Feb 2006 22:43 GMT

Is it possible to add a jar residing on a remote webserver to the
classpath of an application that I run locally?

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Roedy Green - 10 Feb 2006 04:22 GMT

>Is it possible to add a jar residing on a remote webserver to the
>classpath of an application that I run locally?

no. The things you put on the classpath are files, not URLS. To pull
that off you need to use a custom classloader. There is one already
written just for that.

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aneel - 10 Feb 2006 06:46 GMT

There is a concept called URL classloading. You can see JBoss source to
get started.
google:"URL Classloading"

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