package net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.util; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLClassLoader; public class ClassPathHacker { private static final Class[] parameters = new Class[]{URL.class}; public static void addFile(String s) throws IOException{ File f = new File(s); addFile(f); }//end method public static void addFile(File f) throws IOException { addURL(f.toURL()); }//end method public static void addURL(URL u) throws IOException { URLClassLoader sysloader = (URLClassLoader)ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(); Class sysclass = URLClassLoader.class; try { Method method = sysclass.getDeclaredMethod("addURL",parameters); method.setAccessible(true); method.invoke(sysloader,new Object[]{ u }); } catch (Throwable t) { t.printStackTrace(); throw new IOException("Error, could not add URL to system classloader"); }//end try catch }//end method }//end class