Load a class given its name.
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import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
/**
* A collection of class management utility methods.
*
* @version $Id: ClassUtils.java 587751 2007-10-24 02:41:36Z vgritsenko $
*/
public class ClassUtils {
/**
* Load a class given its name.
* BL: We wan't to use a known ClassLoader--hopefully the heirarchy
* is set correctly.
*
* @param className A class name
* @return The class pointed to by <code>className</code>
* @exception ClassNotFoundException If a loading error occurs
*/
public static Class loadClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
return getClassLoader().loadClass(className);
}
/**
* 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.
*
* @return The context classloader.
* @exception MalformedURLException If a loading error occurs
*/
public static URL getResource(String resource) throws MalformedURLException {
return getClassLoader().getResource(resource);
}
/**
* 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.
*
* @return The context classloader.
*/
public static ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
}
}