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+/* Copyright (C) 2007 Michael Goffioul
+**
+** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+** it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+** the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+** (at your option) any later version.
+**
+** This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+** MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+** GNU General Public License for more details.
+**
+** You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+** along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package org.octave;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class OctClassLoader extends java.net.URLClassLoader
+{
+  public OctClassLoader ()
+    {
+      super (new java.net.URL[0]);
+    }
+
+  public OctClassLoader (ClassLoader parent)
+    {
+      super (new java.net.URL[0], parent);
+    }
+
+  protected Class findClass (String name) throws ClassNotFoundException
+    {
+      //System.out.println ("Looking for class " + name);
+      return super.findClass (name);
+    }
+
+  protected String findLibrary (String libname)
+    {
+      // Look dynamically into java.library.path, because Sun VM does
+      // not do it (seems to cache initial java.library.path instead)
+
+      String[] paths = System.getProperty ("java.library.path").split (File.pathSeparator);
+
+      libname = System.mapLibraryName (libname);
+      for (int i=0; i<paths.length; i++)
+        {
+          File f = new File (paths[i], libname);
+          if (f.exists ())
+            return f.getAbsolutePath();
+        }
+
+      return null;
+    }
+
+  public void addClassPath (String name) throws Exception
+    {
+      java.io.File f = new java.io.File (name);
+      addURL (f.toURI ().toURL ());
+    }
+
+  // new -MH-
+  public void addURL (java.net.URL url)
+    {
+      super.addURL (url);
+    }
+}