net.groboclown.util.jplugin.v2
Class BaseClassInspector

java.lang.Object
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  +--net.groboclown.util.jplugin.v2.BaseClassInspector

All Implemented Interfaces:

IClassInspector

Direct Known Subclasses:

URLClassInspector

public abstract class BaseClassInspector

extends Object

implements IClassInspector

Extracts the class instance based on the class name. The ClassLoader must be specified during construction time, or before any classes are loaded.

Version:

0.9.0 Alpha

Author:

Matt Albrecht

Field Summary

private ClassLoader

cloader

Constructor Summary

BaseClassInspector()
Default constructor

Method Summary

Class	getClass(String className) Retrieve the class object associated with the given name, or null if it cannot be found.
Object	instantiate(String className) Create an instance of the given class name, or return null if the class could not be found, or if the class does not have a default constructor.
protected void	setClassLoader(ClassLoader cl)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

cloader

private ClassLoader cloader

Constructor Detail

BaseClassInspector

public BaseClassInspector()

Default constructor

Method Detail

getClass

public Class getClass(String className)
               throws NoClassDefFoundError

Retrieve the class object associated with the given name, or null if it cannot be found.

Specified by:

getClass in interface IClassInspector

Throws:

NoClassDefFoundError - thrown if the class either is abstract, an interface, non-public, or depends upon other classes that are not available.

instantiate

public Object instantiate(String className)

Create an instance of the given class name, or return null if the class could not be found, or if the class does not have a default constructor.

Provided because an inspector may have a unique way to create the class object (if, say, the default constructor isn't used).

Specified by:

instantiate in interface IClassInspector

setClassLoader

protected void setClassLoader(ClassLoader cl)