我找到的最好的是org.apache.xbean.classloader.JarFileClassLoader，它是XBean项目的一部分。

下面是我过去使用的一个简短方法，用于从特定目录中的所有lib文件创建一个类装入器

public void initialize(String libDir) throws Exception {
    File dependencyDirectory = new File(libDir);
    File[] files = dependencyDirectory.listFiles();
    ArrayList<URL> urls = new ArrayList<URL>();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].getName().endsWith(".jar")) {
        urls.add(files[i].toURL());
        //urls.add(files[i].toURI().toURL());
        }
    }
    classLoader = new JarFileClassLoader("Scheduler CL" + System.currentTimeMillis(), 
        urls.toArray(new URL[urls.size()]), 
        GFClassLoader.class.getClassLoader());
}

然后使用类加载器，只需执行:

classLoader.loadClass(name);

下面是一个未弃用的版本。我修改了原始版本，删除了不推荐使用的功能。

/**************************************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004, Federal University of So Carlos                                           *
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/*
 * Created on Oct 6, 2004
 */
package tools;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLClassLoader;

/**
 * Useful class for dynamically changing the classpath, adding classes during runtime. 
 */
public class ClasspathHacker {
    /**
     * Parameters of the method to add an URL to the System classes. 
     */
    private static final Class<?>[] parameters = new Class[]{URL.class};

    /**
     * Adds a file to the classpath.
     * @param s a String pointing to the file
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void addFile(String s) throws IOException {
        File f = new File(s);
        addFile(f);
    }

    /**
     * Adds a file to the classpath
     * @param f the file to be added
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void addFile(File f) throws IOException {
        addURL(f.toURI().toURL());
    }

    /**
     * Adds the content pointed by the URL to the classpath.
     * @param u the URL pointing to the content to be added
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void addURL(URL u) throws IOException {
        URLClassLoader sysloader = (URLClassLoader)ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
        Class<?> sysclass = URLClassLoader.class;
        try {
            Method method = sysclass.getDeclaredMethod("addURL",parameters);
            method.setAccessible(true);
            method.invoke(sysloader,new Object[]{ u }); 
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            t.printStackTrace();
            throw new IOException("Error, could not add URL to system classloader");
        }        
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException, SecurityException, ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException{
        addFile("C:\\dynamicloading.jar");
        Constructor<?> cs = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass("test.DymamicLoadingTest").getConstructor(String.class);
        DymamicLoadingTest instance = (DymamicLoadingTest)cs.newInstance();
        instance.test();
    }
}

下面的解决方案有点笨拙，因为它使用反射来绕过封装，但它工作得完美无缺:

File file = ...
URL url = file.toURI().toURL();

URLClassLoader classLoader = (URLClassLoader)ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
Method method = URLClassLoader.class.getDeclaredMethod("addURL", URL.class);
method.setAccessible(true);
method.invoke(classLoader, url);

我知道我来晚了，但我一直在使用pf4j，这是一个插件框架，它工作得非常好。

PF4J是一个微框架，其目标是保持核心简单但可扩展。

一个插件使用的例子:

在你的应用/插件中使用ExtensionPoint接口标记定义一个扩展点:

public interface Greeting extends ExtensionPoint {

    String getGreeting();

}

使用@Extension注释创建一个扩展:

@Extension
public class WelcomeGreeting implements Greeting {

    public String getGreeting() {
        return "Welcome";
    }

}

然后你可以加载和卸载插件，如你所愿:

public static void main(String[] args) {

    // create the plugin manager
    PluginManager pluginManager = new JarPluginManager(); // or "new ZipPluginManager() / new DefaultPluginManager()"

    // start and load all plugins of application
    pluginManager.loadPlugins();
    pluginManager.startPlugins();

    // retrieve all extensions for "Greeting" extension point
    List<Greeting> greetings = pluginManager.getExtensions(Greeting.class);
    for (Greeting greeting : greetings) {
        System.out.println(">>> " + greeting.getGreeting());
    }

    // stop and unload all plugins
    pluginManager.stopPlugins();
    pluginManager.unloadPlugins();

}

欲了解更多细节，请参阅文档

另一个来自Allain的黑客解决方案版本，也适用于JDK 11:

File file = ...
URL url = file.toURI().toURL();
URLClassLoader sysLoader = new URLClassLoader(new URL[0]);

Method sysMethod = URLClassLoader.class.getDeclaredMethod("addURL", new Class[]{URL.class});
sysMethod.setAccessible(true);
sysMethod.invoke(sysLoader, new Object[]{url});

在JDK 11上，它给出了一些弃用警告，但对于那些在JDK 11上使用Allain解决方案的人来说，它只是一个临时解决方案。

在Java 9中，URLClassLoader的答案现在会给出如下错误:

java.lang.ClassCastException: java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader cannot be cast to java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader

这是因为所使用的类装入器发生了变化。相反，要添加到系统类装入器，您可以通过代理使用Instrumentation API。

创建代理类:

package ClassPathAgent;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.instrument.Instrumentation;
import java.util.jar.JarFile;

public class ClassPathAgent {
    public static void agentmain(String args, Instrumentation instrumentation) throws IOException {
        instrumentation.appendToSystemClassLoaderSearch(new JarFile(args));
    }
}

添加meta - inf / MANIFEST。MF并将其与代理类一起放在JAR文件中:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Agent-Class: ClassPathAgent.ClassPathAgent

运行代理:

使用bytes -buddy-agent库将代理添加到运行的JVM中:

import java.io.File;

import net.bytebuddy.agent.ByteBuddyAgent;

public class ClassPathUtil {
    private static File AGENT_JAR = new File("/path/to/agent.jar");

    public static void addJarToClassPath(File jarFile) {
        ByteBuddyAgent.attach(AGENT_JAR, String.valueOf(ProcessHandle.current().pid()), jarFile.getPath());
    }
}