org.castor.jdo.util
Class ClassLoadingUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.jdo.util.ClassLoadingUtils

public final class ClassLoadingUtils

extends java.lang.Object

Common static methods for Castor JDO related to class loading.

Since:

1.0 M2

Version:

$Revision: 5951 $ $Date$

Author:

Werner Guttmann

Method Summary

static java.lang.Class

loadClass(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader, java.lang.String classname) Loads a class with a given name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

loadClass

public static java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader,
                                        java.lang.String classname)
                                 throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Loads a class with a given name.

Parameters:

classLoader - The class loader to use; null if the default class loader should be used.

classname - Name of the class to be loaded.

Returns:

The class loaded as specified by the class name.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - If the given class can not be loaded.