com.jcorporate.expresso.kernel.util
Class ClassLocator

java.lang.Object
  com.jcorporate.expresso.kernel.util.ClassLocator

public class ClassLocator

extends Object

Utility class that first tries to locate a context class loader, and if that exists, then give that a try. Otherwise, use Class.forName() raw

Since:

Expresso 5.1

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $ on $Date: 2003/06/03 06:12:21 $

Author:

Michael Rimov

Constructor Summary

protected

ClassLocator()

Method Summary

static Class

loadClass(String className) Load a class by its name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassLocator

protected ClassLocator()

Method Detail

loadClass

public static Class loadClass(String className)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class by its name. Similar to Class.forName() except it looks for a context class loader and tries that if it exists. Otherwise it then just uses the default system classloader

Parameters:

className - the name of the class to load

Returns:

The loaded Class object

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if we're unable to find the class