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package org.apache.myfaces.extensions.scripting.sandbox.loader.support;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * <p>A reloadable class loader implementation that you can use to forcefully reload classes
 * even if you don't want to recompile them and hence haven't got the actual .class file. Use
 * this class loader if you want to reload a class that depends on a dynamically compiled
 * class, for example, in case of Spring if you've got a factory bean constructing bean
 * instances of a dynamically compiled class. Once the dynamically compiled class changes,
 * the class of the factory bean has to be reloaded as well even though it somehow didn't
 * really change.</p>
 */
public class OverridingClassLoader extends AbstractThrowAwayClassLoader {

    // ------------------------------------------ Constructors

    /**
     * <p>Constructs a new overriding class loader using the name of the class that
     * it's going to override and the parent class loader. Note that this class loader
     * only loads the class definition for the given class name. Otherwise it will
     * delegate to the parent class loader.</p>
     *
     * @param className the name of the class that it's going to override
     * @param parent    the parent class loader
     */
    public OverridingClassLoader(String className, ClassLoader parent) {
        super(className, parent);
    }

    // ------------------------------------------ AbstractThrowAwayClassLoader methods

    /**
     * <p>Opens a stream to the resource that defines the given class using the parent
     * class loader. If it cannot be found, return <code>null</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param className the class to load
     * @return a stream to the resource that defines the given class
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    protected InputStream openStreamForClass(String className) throws IOException {
        return getParent().getResourceAsStream(className.replace('.', '/') + ".class");
    }

}