org.castor.jdo.util
Class ClassLoadingUtils

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

public final class ClassLoadingUtils
extends Object

Common static methods for Castor JDO related to class loading.

Since:

1.0 M2

Version:

$Revision: 8104 $ $Date$

Author:

Werner Guttmann

Method Summary

static Class<?>

loadClass(ClassLoader classLoader, 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 Class<?> loadClass(ClassLoader classLoader,
                                 String classname)
                          throws 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:

ClassNotFoundException - If the given class can not be loaded.