src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ClassLoaderUtils.java

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package org.apache.commons.lang3;

import java.net.URLClassLoader;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * Helps work with {@link ClassLoader}.
 *
 * @since 3.10
 */
public class ClassLoaderUtils {

    /**
     * Converts the given class loader to a String calling {@link #toString(URLClassLoader)}.
     *
     * @param classLoader to URLClassLoader to convert.
     * @return the formatted string.
     */
    public static String toString(final ClassLoader classLoader) {
        if (classLoader instanceof URLClassLoader) {
            return toString((URLClassLoader) classLoader);
        }
        return classLoader.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Converts the given URLClassLoader to a String in the format
     * {@code "URLClassLoader.toString() + [URL1, URL2, ...]"}.
     *
     * @param classLoader to URLClassLoader to convert.
     * @return the formatted string.
     */
    public static String toString(final URLClassLoader classLoader) {
        return classLoader + Arrays.toString(classLoader.getURLs());
    }
}