Package com.tagtraum.core

Class NativeLibraryLoader

java.lang.Object

com.tagtraum.core.NativeLibraryLoader

public final class NativeLibraryLoader
extends Object

First tries to load a library the default way using System.loadLibrary(String), upon failure falls back to the base directory of the given class package or the jar the class is in. This way, a native library is found, if it located in the same directory as a particular jar, identified by a specific class from that jar.

Author:

Hendrik Schreiber

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	findFile(String name, Class baseClass, FileFilter filter)	Finds a file that is either in the classpath or in the same directory as a given class's jar.
static void	loadLibrary(String libName, Class<?> baseClass)	Loads a library.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

loadLibrary

public static void loadLibrary(String libName,
                               Class<?> baseClass)

Loads a library.

Parameters:

libName - name of the library, as described in System.loadLibrary(String) );

baseClass - class that identifies the jar

findFile

public static String findFile(String name,
                              Class baseClass,
                              FileFilter filter)
                       throws FileNotFoundException

Finds a file that is either in the classpath or in the same directory as a given class's jar.

Parameters:

name - (partial) filename

baseClass - base class

filter - filter that determines whether a file is a match

Returns:

file

Throws:

FileNotFoundException - if a matching file cannot be found