gausssoft.lang
Class ClassResolver

java.lang.Object
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  +--gausssoft.lang.ClassResolver

public class ClassResolver

extends Object

This class provides access to the Class.forName methods, except that a ClassNotFoundException is never thrown, but instead a ClassNotFoundException will be wrapped in a WrappedRuntimeException before being thrown.

Author:

Allan Crooks

See Also:

Class, Class.forName(String), Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader), ClassNotFoundException

Method Summary

static Class	get(String name) Executes Class.forName(String), but instead of throwing a ClassNotFoundException, it will throw a WrappedRuntimeException containing a ClassNotFoundException contained within it.
static Class	get(String name, boolean initialize, ClassLoader loader) Executes Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader), but instead of throwing a ClassNotFoundException, it will throw a WrappedRuntimeException, containing a ClassNotFoundException contained within it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

get

public static Class get(String name)

Executes Class.forName(String), but instead of throwing a ClassNotFoundException, it will throw a WrappedRuntimeException containing a ClassNotFoundException contained within it.

Parameters:

name - fully qualified name of the desired class

Returns:

class object representing the desired class

Throws:

LinkageError - if the linkage fails

ExceptionInInitializerError - if the initialization provoked by this method fails

WrappingRuntimeException - if the class cannot be located

See Also:

get(String, boolean, ClassLoader), Class.forName(String), ClassNotFoundException, WrappedRuntimeException

get

public static Class get(String name,
                        boolean initialize,
                        ClassLoader loader)

Executes Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader), but instead of throwing a ClassNotFoundException, it will throw a WrappedRuntimeException, containing a ClassNotFoundException contained within it.

Parameters:

name - fully qualified name of the desired class

initialize - whether the class must be initialized

loader - class loader from which the class must be loaded

Returns:

class object representing the desired class

Throws:

LinkageError - if the linkage fails

ExceptionInInitializerError - if the initialization provoked by this method fails

WrappingRuntimeException - if the class cannot be located

See Also:

get(String), Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader), ClassNotFoundException, WrappedRuntimeException