org.jboss.as.ejb3

Class PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.as.ejb3.PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil

public class PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil
extends Object

PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil

Util for centralizing the logic for handling primitive types during classloading. Use the loadClass(String, ClassLoader) to centralize the logic of checking for primitive types to ensure that the ClassLoader.loadClass(String) method is not invoked for primitives.

Version:

$Revision: $

Author:

Jaikiran Pai

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class<?>	loadClass(String name, ClassLoader cl) First checks if name is a primitive type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil

public PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil()

Method Detail

loadClass

public static Class<?> loadClass(String name,
                 ClassLoader cl)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException

First checks if name is a primitive type. If yes, then returns the corresponding Class for that primitive. If it's not a primitive then the Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader) method is invoked, passing it the name, false and the cl classloader

Parameters:

name - The class that has to be loaded

cl - The ClassLoader to use, if name is *not* a primitive

Returns:

Returns the Class corresponding to name

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If the class for name could not be found

See Also:

ClassLoader.loadClass(String)