Java Class forName forName(String className, Class superType)

Description

for Name

License

Apache License

Declaration

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> Class<? extends T> forName(String className, Class<T> superType) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from w w w.  j a  v  a2  s .co m
 * Copyright 2016 Seznam.cz, a.s.
 *
 * Licensed 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.
 */

public class Main {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> Class<? extends T> forName(String className, Class<T> superType) {
        try {
            Class<?> cls = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(className);
            if (superType.isAssignableFrom(cls)) {
                return (Class<? extends T>) cls;
            } else {
                throw new IllegalStateException(className + " is not " + superType);
            }
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
        }
    }
}

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