org.exoplatform.commons.utils
Class ClassLoading

java.lang.Object
  org.exoplatform.commons.utils.ClassLoading

public class ClassLoading
extends Object

Version:

$Id: ClassLoading.java 34360 2009-07-22 23:58:59Z tolusha $

Author:

Anatoliy Bazko

Constructor Summary

ClassLoading()

Method Summary

static Class<?>	forName(String type, Class<?> callerClass) Loads the class using the ClassLoader corresponding to the caller class first, if class not found we try with Thread's context ClassLoader (TCCL).
static Class<?>	forName(String type, Object callerObject) Loads the class using the ClassLoader corresponding to the caller object first, if class not found we try with Thread's context ClassLoader (TCCL).
static Class<?>	loadClass(String type, Class<?> callerClass) Loads the class using the ClassLoader corresponding to the caller class first, if class not found we try with Thread's context ClassLoader (TCCL).
static Class<?>	loadClass(String type, Object callerObject) Loads the class using the ClassLoader corresponding to the caller object first, if class not found we try with Thread's context ClassLoader (TCCL).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassLoading

public ClassLoading()

Method Detail

forName

public static Class<?> forName(String type,
                               Object callerObject)
                        throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads the class using the ClassLoader corresponding to the caller object first, if class not found we try with Thread's context ClassLoader (TCCL). If the TCCL doesn't exist or the class still cannot be found, we use the System class loader.

Parameters:

type - FQN of class to load

callerObject - the object from which we want to load the class

Returns:

Loaded class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

forName

public static Class<?> forName(String type,
                               Class<?> callerClass)
                        throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads the class using the ClassLoader corresponding to the caller class first, if class not found we try with Thread's context ClassLoader (TCCL). If the TCCL doesn't exist or the class still cannot be found, we use the System class loader.

Parameters:

type - FQN of class to load

callerClass - the class from which we want to load the class

Returns:

Loaded class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

loadClass

public static Class<?> loadClass(String type,
                                 Object callerObject)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads the class using the ClassLoader corresponding to the caller object first, if class not found we try with Thread's context ClassLoader (TCCL). If the TCCL doesn't exist or the class still cannot be found, we use the System class loader.

Parameters:

type - FQN of class to load

callerObject - the object from which we want to load the class

Returns:

Loaded class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

loadClass

public static Class<?> loadClass(String type,
                                 Class<?> callerClass)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads the class using the ClassLoader corresponding to the caller class first, if class not found we try with Thread's context ClassLoader (TCCL). If the TCCL doesn't exist or the class still cannot be found, we use the System class loader.

Parameters:

type - FQN of class to load

callerClass - the class from which we want to load the class

Returns:

Loaded class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException