Package dev.derklaro.aerogel.auto.internal.util

Class ClassLoadingUtil

java.lang.Object

dev.derklaro.aerogel.auto.internal.util.ClassLoadingUtil

@API(status=INTERNAL,
     since="1.0",
     consumers="dev.derklaro.aerogel.auto.internal")
public final class ClassLoadingUtil
extends Object

A utility class for loading classes.

Since:

1.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final Map<String,Class<?>>	PRIMITIVE_CLASSES

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	ClassLoadingUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static @NotNull Class<?>	loadClass(@NotNull ClassLoader loader, @NotNull String name)	Loads a class by its name using the current thread context class loader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

PRIMITIVE_CLASSES

private static final Map<String,Class<?>> PRIMITIVE_CLASSES

Constructor Details

ClassLoadingUtil

private ClassLoadingUtil()

Method Details

loadClass

@NotNull
public static @NotNull Class<?> loadClass(@NotNull
 @NotNull ClassLoader loader,
 @NotNull
 @NotNull String name)
                                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads a class by its name using the current thread context class loader. This will not initialize the class. Primitive classes and arrays are supported as well.

Parameters:

loader - the loader to load the class from.

name - the name of the class to load, may be a primitive type name.

Returns:

a class object representing the requested class.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class can not be located using the thread context class loader.