Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * <p>Given a <code>List</code> of class names, this method converts them into classes.</p> * * <p>A new <code>List</code> is returned. If the class name cannot be found, <code>null</code> * is stored in the <code>List</code>. If the class name in the <code>List</code> is * <code>null</code>, <code>null</code> is stored in the output <code>List</code>.</p> * * @param classNames the classNames to change * @return a <code>List</code> of Class objects corresponding to the class names, * <code>null</code> if null input * @throws ClassCastException if classNames contains a non String entry */ public static List convertClassNamesToClasses(List classNames) { if (classNames == null) { return null; } List classes = new ArrayList(classNames.size()); for (Iterator it = classNames.iterator(); it.hasNext();) { String className = (String) it.next(); try { classes.add(Class.forName(className)); } catch (Exception ex) { classes.add(null); } } return classes; } }