## org.apache.log4j.helpers
Class Loader

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.log4j.helpers.Loader

    public class Loader

extends Object

Load resources (or images) from various sources.

Author:
  Ceki Gülcü

Constructor Summary
`Loader()`

Method Summary
`static URL` `getResource(String resource)` This method will search for `resource` in different places.
`static URL` `getResource(String resource, Class clazz)` Deprecated. as of 1.2.
`static boolean` `isJava1()` Are we running under JDK 1.x?
`static Class` `loadClass(String clazz)` If running under JDK 1.2 load the specified class using the `Thread` `contextClassLoader` if that fails try Class.forname.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Loader

    public Loader()

Method Detail

### getResource

    public static URL getResource(String resource,
                                  Class clazz)

  Deprecated. as of 1.2.

  Get a resource by delegating to getResource(String).

  Parameters:
    `resource` - resource name
    `clazz` - class, ignored.
  Returns:
    URL to resource or null.

### getResource

    public static URL getResource(String resource)

  This method will search for `resource` in different places. The search order is as follows:

  1. Search for `resource` using the thread context class loader under Java2. If that fails, search for `resource` using the class loader that loaded this class (`Loader`). Under JDK 1.1, only the the class loader that loaded this class (`Loader`) is used.

  2. Try one last time with `ClassLoader.getSystemResource(resource)`, that is is using the system class loader in JDK 1.2 and virtual machine's built-in class loader in JDK 1.1.

### isJava1

    public static boolean isJava1()

  Are we running under JDK 1.x?

### loadClass

    public static Class loadClass(String clazz)
                           throws ClassNotFoundException

  If running under JDK 1.2 load the specified class using the `Thread` `contextClassLoader` if that fails try Class.forname. Under JDK 1.1 only Class.forName is used.

  Throws:
    `ClassNotFoundException`

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