org.jclouds.util

Class ClassLoadingUtils

java.lang.Object

org.jclouds.util.ClassLoadingUtils

public class ClassLoadingUtils
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassLoadingUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class<?>	loadClass(Class<?> contextClass, String className) Loads a class using the class loader.
static URL	loadResource(Class<?> contextClass, String resourceName) Returns the url of a resource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassLoadingUtils

public ClassLoadingUtils()

Method Detail

loadClass

public static Class<?> loadClass(Class<?> contextClass,
                 String className)

Loads a class using the class loader. 1. The class loader of the context class is being used. 2. The thread context class loader is being used. If both approaches fail, returns null.

Parameters:

contextClass - The name of a context class to use.

className - The name of the class to load

Returns:

The class or null if no class loader could load the class.

loadResource

public static URL loadResource(Class<?> contextClass,
               String resourceName)

Returns the url of a resource. 1. The context class is being used. 2. The thread context class loader is being used. If both approach fail, returns null.

Parameters:

contextClass -

resourceName -

Returns: