Load a class given its name. : Class Method Field Name « Reflection « Java

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2. Reflection
3. Class Method Field Name

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();
    }
}

   
  

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