From 5ff797c94aec50e9f472f7e9d0c1fae080f54f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Burn <oliver@puppycrawl.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 13:01:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added support for specifying a class loader

---
 .../tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java       | 21 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
index 3db9ef723..bf48a9134 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ public class Configuration
     /** line numbers to ignore in header **/
     private TreeSet mHeaderIgnoreLineNo = new TreeSet();
 
+    /** class loader to resolve classes with **/
+    private ClassLoader mLoader =
+        Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+
     /** where to place right curlies  **/
     private RightCurlyOption mRCurly = RightCurlyOption.SAME;
 
@@ -144,8 +148,6 @@ public class Configuration
         mLCurliesProps.put(Defn.LCURLY_OTHER_PROP, LeftCurlyOption.EOL);
     }
 
-
-
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Constructors
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -295,6 +297,12 @@ public class Configuration
     // Getters
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+    /** @return the class loader **/
+    public ClassLoader getClassLoader()
+    {
+        return mLoader;
+    }
+
     /** @return pattern to match todo lines **/
     public String getTodoPat()
     {
@@ -579,6 +587,15 @@ public class Configuration
     // Setters
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+    /**
+     * Set the class loader for locating classes.
+     * @param aLoader the class loader
+     */
+    public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader aLoader)
+    {
+        mLoader = aLoader;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param aPkgPrefixList comma separated list of package prefixes
      */