Dynamically loading plugin jars using ServiceLoader

Question

I\'m trying to create a plugin system for my application, and I want to start with something simple. Every plugin should be packed in a .jar file and implement the Sim

Answer 1

The problem was very simple. And stupid. In the plugin .jar files the /services/plugintest.SimplePlugin file was missing inside the META-INF directory, so the ServiceLoader couldn't identify the jars as services and load the class.

That's pretty much all, the second (and cleaner) way works like a charm.