Java, dynamic class loading from github sources

Question

Okay, so I am trying the following:

I have java-files on github. I want to load these dynamic at runtime. Is there any possibility to do so ? I think a URLClassLoader is not working, because I dont have an URL to the containing folder of the files, I only have an URL to the file itself.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can:

• download the java file to the local system
• use a JavaCompiler with a StandardJavaFileManager (cf example in JavaCompiler javadoc) to compiler the java file to a class file that you can save on the local system
• use a URLClassLoader to load the class file