Package com.bc.ceres.launcher

Class Launcher

java.lang.Object

com.bc.ceres.launcher.Launcher

public final class Launcher
extends Object

A launcher for applications based on the Ceres runtime.

See Also:

RuntimeConfig, ClasspathFactory

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Launcher(RuntimeConfig runtimeConfig, ClasspathFactory classpathFactory)	Constructs a new launcher.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassLoader	createClassLoader()
static Launcher	createDefaultLauncher()	Creates a default launcher.
ClasspathFactory	getClasspathFactory()
RuntimeConfig	getRuntimeConfig()
void	launch(String[] args)
static void	main(String[] args)	Launches the application with a default RuntimeConfig and a ClasspathFactory based on the ${ceres.context}.mainClass property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Launcher

public Launcher(RuntimeConfig runtimeConfig,
                ClasspathFactory classpathFactory)

Constructs a new launcher.

Parameters:

runtimeConfig - the runtime configuration

classpathFactory - the classpath factory

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Launches the application with a default RuntimeConfig and a ClasspathFactory based on the ${ceres.context}.mainClass property. If the main class is "com.bc.ceres.core.runtime.RuntimeLauncher", then a minimal classpath which at least includes the ceres-core library is used. Otherwise all directories, JARs and ZIPs found in the home directory will be added to the classpath.

Parameters:

args - the command-line arguments

createDefaultLauncher

public static Launcher createDefaultLauncher()
                                      throws RuntimeConfigException

Creates a default launcher.

Returns:

a default launcher.

Throws:

RuntimeConfigException - if the default configuration is invalid

getRuntimeConfig

public RuntimeConfig getRuntimeConfig()

getClasspathFactory

public ClasspathFactory getClasspathFactory()

createClassLoader

public ClassLoader createClassLoader()
                              throws RuntimeConfigException

Throws:

RuntimeConfigException

launch

public void launch(String[] args)
            throws Exception

Throws:

Exception