Java Class Load classForName(String className, Class superClass)

Description

class For Name

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static <T> Class<? extends T> classForName(String className,
            Class<T> superClass) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w  ww  . j  a v a  2s  .  c  om*/
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 *
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 */

public class Main {
    public static <T> Class<? extends T> classForName(String className,
            Class<T> superClass) {
        try {
            //return Class.forName(className).asSubclass(superClass);
            return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
                    .loadClass(className).asSubclass(superClass);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Class not found: "
                    + className, e);
        }
    }
}

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