dynamically change system classpath?

[MS]

In a java application, can you append to the system classpath?

System.setProperty("java.class.path", ";newclass") updates the property,
but does not change the classpath while the app is running.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance,
m.

[Kent]

MS,

You can use your own instance of java.net.URLClassLoader to achieve this.
Just pass in a list of URLs (can use file-based URLs like file://C:/classes)
and then call the loadClass() method.

Regards,
Kent


"MS" <x@y.com> wrote:
>
>In a java application, can you append to the system classpath?
>
>System.setProperty("java.class.path", ";newclass") updates the property,
>but does not change the classpath while the app is running.
>
>Any ideas? Thanks in advance,
>m.