org.ocltf.utils
Class ClassUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils
      org.ocltf.utils.ClassUtils

public class ClassUtils

extends org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils

Contains utilities for dealing with classes.

Author:

Chad Brandon

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils

INNER_CLASS_SEPARATOR, INNER_CLASS_SEPARATOR_CHAR, PACKAGE_SEPARATOR, PACKAGE_SEPARATOR_CHAR

Constructor Summary

ClassUtils()

Method Summary

protected static java.lang.Class	getPrimitiveClass(java.lang.String name, java.lang.ClassLoader loader) Returns the type class name for a Java primitive.
protected static boolean	isPrimitiveType(java.lang.String name) Checks if a given type name is a Java primitive type.
static java.lang.Class	loadClass(java.lang.String className) Loads and returns the class having the className.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils

convertClassesToClassNames, convertClassNamesToClasses, getAllInterfaces, getAllSuperclasses, getPackageName, getPackageName, getPackageName, getShortClassName, getShortClassName, getShortClassName, isAssignable, isAssignable, isInnerClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassUtils

public ClassUtils()

Method Detail

loadClass

public static java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String className)
                                 throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                        java.lang.NoSuchFieldException,
                                        java.lang.IllegalAccessException

Loads and returns the class having the className. Will load but normal classes and the classes representing primatives.

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

Class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the class can not be found

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException - if the className is a primative and its corresponding type field can not be retrieved.

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - if the className is a primative and its corresponding type field is illegal accessed.

getPrimitiveClass

protected static java.lang.Class getPrimitiveClass(java.lang.String name,
                                                   java.lang.ClassLoader loader)
                                            throws java.lang.NoSuchFieldException,
                                                   java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                                                   java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Returns the type class name for a Java primitive.

Parameters:

name - a String with the name of the type

loader - the loader to use.

Returns:

a String with the name of the corresponding java.lang wrapper class if name is a Java primitive type; false if not

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

isPrimitiveType

protected static boolean isPrimitiveType(java.lang.String name)

Checks if a given type name is a Java primitive type.

Parameters:

name - a String with the name of the type

Returns:

true if name is a Java primitive type; false if not