Getting list of classes from a jar

Question

Hi
I want to retrieve list of class names from a jar. i used URLClassLoader and it retrieves pakcage name but i don't know how to retrieve class names

Answer 1

I don't know if this is the best way, but I did this once before like this:import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
import java.util.jar.JarFile;
// then you can do this
String path = "path to some JAR file goes here";
JarFile jar = new JarFile(path);
Enumeration<JarEntry> entries = jar.entries();
while (entries.hasMoreElements())
   JarEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
   String name = entry.getName();
   if (name.endsWith(".class"))
      // this is a class entry
}