Class ClassLoaderSearchUtil

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.internal.ClassLoaderSearchUtil

public class ClassLoaderSearchUtil
extends Object

Utilities to search a series of ClassLoaders for a Class by name.

This is an internal class not part of the public ShrinkWrap API.

Author:

Andrew Lee Rubinger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Class<?>	findClassFromClassLoaders(String className, Iterable<ClassLoader> classLoaders)	Finds a Class by name using a series of ClassLoaders as the search path

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

findClassFromClassLoaders

public static Class<?> findClassFromClassLoaders(String className,
 Iterable<ClassLoader> classLoaders)
                                          throws ClassNotFoundException,
IllegalArgumentException

Finds a Class by name using a series of ClassLoaders as the search path

Parameters:

className - The fully qualified name of the class to be found

classLoaders - An Iterable of ClassLoaders to be used as the search path

Returns:

The Class object for the class with the specified name, found using one of the provided ClassLoaders

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If the Class could not be found in any of the specified CLs

IllegalArgumentException