Class PluginLoader

java.lang.Object

org.owasp.dependencycheck.PluginLoader

public class PluginLoader
extends Object

Java agent for loading plugin JARs from a specified directory into the system classpath before the main application starts. This allows additional plugins to be available at runtime by appending their JAR files to the system class loader search path; while allowing use of an executable jar with deterministic classpath ordering.

To use, specify this class as a Java agent and provide the plugins directory as the -javaagent argument

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PluginLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	premain(String agentArg, Instrumentation inst)	Java agent entry point.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

PluginLoader

public PluginLoader()

Method Details

premain

public static void premain(String agentArg,
 Instrumentation inst)

Java agent entry point. Loads all JAR files from the specified plugins directory and appends them to the system class loader search path.

Parameters:

agentArg - the path to the plugins directory containing JAR files to load, e.g `-javaagent:cli.jar=/usr/share/dependency-check/plugins`

inst - the instrumentation instance provided by the JVM