Package kieker.common.util.classpath

Class ClassForNameResolver<T>

java.lang.Object

kieker.common.util.classpath.ClassForNameResolver<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type that is used to cast a type that was found in the class path

public class ClassForNameResolver<T>
extends Object

Since:

1.11

Author:

Christian Wulf

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ClassForNameResolver(Class<T> classToCast)	Create new class resolver.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final Class<? extends T>	classForName(String classname)	This method tries to find a class with the given name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ClassForNameResolver

public ClassForNameResolver(Class<T> classToCast)

Create new class resolver.

Parameters:

classToCast - class to cast

Method Details

classForName

public final Class<? extends T> classForName(String classname)
                                      throws ClassNotFoundException

This method tries to find a class with the given name.

Parameters:

classname - The name of the class.

Returns:

A Class instance corresponding to the given name, if it exists.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - when the class is not known