Package org.mycore.common

Class MCRClassTools

java.lang.Object

org.mycore.common.MCRClassTools

public class MCRClassTools
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MCRClassTools()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> Class<? extends T>	forName(String classname)	Loads a class via default ClassLoader or Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().
static ClassLoader	getClassLoader()
static Object	loadClassFromURL(File file, String className)
static Object	loadClassFromURL(String classPath, String className)
static void	updateClassLoader()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MCRClassTools

public MCRClassTools()

Method Details

loadClassFromURL

public static Object loadClassFromURL(String classPath,
 String className)
                               throws MalformedURLException,
ReflectiveOperationException

Throws:

MalformedURLException

ReflectiveOperationException

loadClassFromURL

public static Object loadClassFromURL(File file,
 String className)
                               throws MalformedURLException,
ReflectiveOperationException

Throws:

MalformedURLException

ReflectiveOperationException

forName

public static <T> Class<? extends T> forName(String classname)
                                      throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads a class via default ClassLoader or Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().

Type Parameters:

T - Type of Class

Parameters:

classname - Name of class

Returns:

the initialized class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if both ClassLoader cannot load the Class

getClassLoader

public static ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Returns:

a ClassLoader that should be used to load resources

updateClassLoader

public static void updateClassLoader()