Class DriverLoader

java.lang.Object

org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve.DriverLoader

@ThreadSafe
public final class DriverLoader
extends Object

DriverLoader is a utility class that is used to load database drivers.

Author:

Jeremy Long

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	cleanup(Driver driver)	De-registers the driver.
static Driver	load(String className)	Loads the specified class using the system class loader and registers the driver with the driver manager.
static Driver	load(String className, String pathToDriver)	Loads the specified class by registering the supplied paths to the class loader and then registers the driver with the driver manager.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

cleanup

public static void cleanup(Driver driver)

De-registers the driver.

Parameters:

driver - the driver to de-register

load

public static Driver load(String className)
                   throws DriverLoadException

Loads the specified class using the system class loader and registers the driver with the driver manager.

Parameters:

className - the fully qualified name of the desired class

Returns:

the loaded Driver

Throws:

DriverLoadException - thrown if the driver cannot be loaded

load

public static Driver load(String className,
 String pathToDriver)
                   throws DriverLoadException

Loads the specified class by registering the supplied paths to the class loader and then registers the driver with the driver manager. The pathToDriver argument is added to the class loader so that an external driver can be loaded. Note, the pathToDriver can contain a semi-colon separated list of paths so any dependencies can be added as needed. If a path in the pathToDriver argument is a directory all files in the directory are added to the class path.

Parameters:

className - the fully qualified name of the desired class

pathToDriver - the path to the JAR file containing the driver; note, this can be a semi-colon separated list of paths

Returns:

the loaded Driver

Throws:

DriverLoadException - thrown if the driver cannot be loaded