org.jadira.bindings.core.utils.reflection

Class ClassUtils

java.lang.Object

org.jadira.bindings.core.utils.reflection.ClassUtils

public final class ClassUtils
extends Object

Holds utility methods for obtaining a class from a symbolic representation The result of determineQualifiedName(String) is equivalent in format to the result of Class.getName()

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static char	INNER_CLASS_SEPARATOR_CHAR
static char	PACKAGE_SEPARATOR_CHARACTER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	determineQualifiedName(String className) Given a readable class name determine the JVM Qualified Name
static String	determineReadableClassName(String qualifiedName) Given a JVM Qualified Name produce a readable classname
static Class<?>	getClass(ClassLoader classLoader, String className) Attempt to load the class matching the given qualified name
static Class<?>	getClass(String qualifiedName) Attempt to load the class matching the given qualified name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PACKAGE_SEPARATOR_CHARACTER

public static final char PACKAGE_SEPARATOR_CHARACTER

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Constant Field Values

INNER_CLASS_SEPARATOR_CHAR

public static final char INNER_CLASS_SEPARATOR_CHAR

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getClass

public static Class<?> getClass(String qualifiedName)

Attempt to load the class matching the given qualified name. Uses the current Thread's class loader, or if unavailable, the classloader this class was loaded from.

Parameters:

qualifiedName - The qualified name to use

Returns:

The Class representing the given class

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the class cannot be loaded

getClass

public static Class<?> getClass(ClassLoader classLoader,
                                String className)

Attempt to load the class matching the given qualified name

Parameters:

classLoader - Classloader to use

className - The classname to use

Returns:

The Class representing the given class

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the class cannot be loaded

determineQualifiedName

public static String determineQualifiedName(String className)

Given a readable class name determine the JVM Qualified Name

Parameters:

className - The name to convert

Returns:

The JVM Qualified representation

determineReadableClassName

public static String determineReadableClassName(String qualifiedName)

Given a JVM Qualified Name produce a readable classname

Parameters:

qualifiedName - The Qualified Name

Returns:

The readable classname