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-rw-r--r--src/main/javassist/URLClassPath.java14
-rw-r--r--tutorial/tutorial.html6
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/javassist/URLClassPath.java b/src/main/javassist/URLClassPath.java
index a9255ab0..0c220201 100644
--- a/src/main/javassist/URLClassPath.java
+++ b/src/main/javassist/URLClassPath.java
@@ -36,9 +36,17 @@ public class URLClassPath implements ClassPath {
*
* <p>This search path is used only if a requested
* class name starts with the name specified by <code>packageName</code>.
- * If <code>packageName</code> is "mypack" and a requested class is
- * "mypack.sub.Test", then the given URL is used for loading that class.
- * If <code>packageName</code> is <code>null</code>, the URL is used
+ * If <code>packageName</code> is "org.javassist" and a requested class is
+ * "org.javassist.test.Main", then the given URL is used for loading that class.
+ * The <code>URLClassPath</code> obtains a class file from:
+ *
+ * <ul><pre>http://www.javassist.org:80/java/classes/org/javassist/test/Main.class
+ * </pre></ul>
+ *
+ * <p>Here, we assume that <code>host</code> is "www.javassist.org",
+ * <code>port</code> is 80, and <code>directory</code> is "/java/classes/".
+ *
+ * <p>If <code>packageName</code> is <code>null</code>, the URL is used
* for loading any class.
*
* @param host host name
diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial.html b/tutorial/tutorial.html
index b68677ee..8776d8f8 100644
--- a/tutorial/tutorial.html
+++ b/tutorial/tutorial.html
@@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ pool.insertClassPath(cp);
<p>This program adds "http://www.javassist.org:80/java/" to the class search
path. This URL is used only for searching classes belonging to a
-package <code>org.javassist</code>.
+package <code>org.javassist</code>. For example, to load a class
+<code>org.javassist.test.Main</code>, its class file will be obtained from:
+
+<ul><pre>http://www.javassist.org:80/java/org/javassist/test/Main.class
+</pre></ul>
<p>Furthermore, you can directly give a byte array
to a <code>ClassPool</code> object