Package org.graffiti.util

Class InstanceLoader

java.lang.Object

org.graffiti.util.InstanceLoader

public class InstanceLoader
extends Object

Represents an instance loader, which can be used to instantiate a class with the given name.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.11

Recent revisions:

2.6.5

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InstanceLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	createInstance(Class<?> theClass)	Returns a new instance of the specified class.
static Object	createInstance(Class<?> theClass, Object param)	Returns a new instance of the specified class.
static Object	createInstance(Class<?> theClass, String paramClassname, Object param)	Returns a new instance of the specified class.
static Object	createInstance(String name)	Returns a new instance of the specified class.
static Object	createInstance(String name, Object param)	Returns a new instance of the specified class.
static ClassLoader	getCurrentLoader()
static void	overrideLoader(ClassLoader loader)
static void	setClassLoader(ClassLoader newClassloader)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

InstanceLoader

public InstanceLoader()

Method Details

overrideLoader

public static void overrideLoader(ClassLoader loader)

setClassLoader

public static void setClassLoader(ClassLoader newClassloader)

getCurrentLoader

public static ClassLoader getCurrentLoader()

createInstance

public static Object createInstance(Class<?> theClass)
                             throws InstanceCreationException

Returns a new instance of the specified class.

Parameters:

theClass - the class to instantiate.

Returns:

newly instantiated instance of type theClass

Throws:

InstanceCreationException - when an instance couldn't be created

createInstance

public static Object createInstance(String name)
                             throws InstanceCreationException

Returns a new instance of the specified class.

Parameters:

name - the name of the class to instantiate.

Returns:

newly instantiated instance of type theClass

Throws:

InstanceCreationException - when an instance couldn't be created

createInstance

public static Object createInstance(String name,
Object param)
                             throws InstanceCreationException

Returns a new instance of the specified class. Uses a constructor taking one argument.

Parameters:

name - the name of the class to instantiate.

param - specified class' constructor argument

Returns:

newly instantiated instance of type theClass

Throws:

InstanceCreationException - when an instance couldn't be created

createInstance

public static Object createInstance(Class<?> theClass,
String paramClassname,
Object param)
                             throws InstanceCreationException

Returns a new instance of the specified class. Uses a constructor taking one argument.

Parameters:

theClass - the class to instantiate.

paramClassname - the fully qualified name of the parameter class to instantiate.

param - specified class' constructor argument

Returns:

newly instantiated instance of type theClass

Throws:

InstanceCreationException - when an instance couldn't be created

createInstance

public static Object createInstance(Class<?> theClass,
Object param)
                             throws InstanceCreationException

Returns a new instance of the specified class. Uses a constructor taking one argument.

Parameters:

theClass - the name of the class to instantiate.

param - specified class' constructor argument

Returns:

newly instantiated instance of type theClass

Throws:

InstanceCreationException - when an instance couldn't be created