package jas2.jds.module;

/**
 * @deprecated Use System.loadLibrary directly.
 * Using this class turns out to be a bad idea, since it is loaded by the 
 * base classloader, libraries loaded by it are only accessible to the base
 * class loader. Extensions should call System.loadLibrary directly to avoid this.
 */
public class ModuleUtilities
{
	/** 
	 * Use this instead of System.loadLibrary to load libraries for modules.
	 * It throws a module exception if the library cannot be loaded.
	 */
	public static void loadLibrary(String libName) throws ModuleException
	{
		try
		{
			System.out.println("Loading "+libName+" ...");
			System.loadLibrary(libName);
		}
		catch (Throwable t)
		{
			throw new ModuleException("Error loading native library: "+libName,t);
		}

	}
}