org.apache.cocoon.util
Class ClassUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.cocoon.util.ClassUtils

public class ClassUtils

extends Object

A collection of class management utility methods.

Version:

$Id: ClassUtils.html 1304280 2012-03-23 11:18:01Z ilgrosso $

Constructor Summary

ClassUtils()

Method Summary

static ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Return the context classloader.
static URL	getResource(String resource) Return a resource URL.
static Class	loadClass(String className) Load a class given its name.
static Object	newInstance(String className) Create a new 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 Object newInstance(String className)
                          throws Exception

Create a new instance given a class name

Parameters:

className - A class name

Returns:

A new instance

Throws:

Exception - If an instantiation error occurs

loadClass

public static Class loadClass(String className)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class given its name. BL: We wan't to use a known ClassLoader--hopefully the heirarchy is set correctly.

Parameters:

className - A class name

Returns:

The class pointed to by className

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If a loading error occurs

getResource

public static URL getResource(String resource)
                       throws MalformedURLException

Return a resource URL. BL: if this is command line operation, the classloading issues are more sane. During servlet execution, we explicitly set the ClassLoader.

Returns:

The context classloader.

Throws:

MalformedURLException - If a loading error occurs

getClassLoader

public static ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Return the context classloader. BL: if this is command line operation, the classloading issues are more sane. During servlet execution, we explicitly set the ClassLoader.

Returns:

The context classloader.