com.geekologue.md4j.util
Class ClassUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.geekologue.md4j.util.ClassUtils

public class ClassUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Class Utilities

Author:

manos

Constructor Summary

ClassUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.ClassLoader	getClassLoader() get the context classloader from the current thread
static java.lang.Class	loadClass(java.lang.String className) Load a class given a class name its name
static java.lang.Object	newInstance(java.lang.String name) Create a new object instance given a class name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ClassUtils

public ClassUtils()

Method Detail

newInstance

public static java.lang.Object newInstance(java.lang.String name)
                                    throws java.lang.Exception

Create a new object instance given a class name

Parameters:

name - The class name

Returns:

A new instance

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - In case an instantiation error occurs

loadClass

public static java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String className)
                                 throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Load a class given a class name its name

Parameters:

name - The class name

Returns:

The class with the given name

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - If the class cannot be loaded

getClassLoader

public static java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()

get the context classloader from the current thread

Returns:

The context classloader for the current thread