How can I create a ClassLoader from a custom configuration in gradle?

Question

I have define a custom configuration and dependencies.

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
configurations {
    myConfig
}
dependencies {
    myConfig   'org.foo:foo:+'
}

How can I create ClassLoader to load a class dynamically?

task myTask {
    def classLoader = configurations.myConfig.????
    def foo = Class.forName( "org.foo.Foo", true, classLoader ).newInstance();
}

Answer 1

I found this solution now. I hope there is nicer solution.

def classLoader = getClassLoader( configurations.myConfig )

ClassLoader getClassLoader( Configuration config ) {
    ArrayList urls = new ArrayList()
    config.files.each { File file ->
        urls += file.toURI().toURL()
    }
    return new URLClassLoader( urls.toArray(new URL[0]) );
}