r01f.reflection.fluent
Class TypeInvoker

java.lang.Object
  r01f.reflection.fluent.TypeInvoker

public final class TypeInvoker
extends java.lang.Object

Class Loading using a specific ClassLoader.

Field Summary

private java.lang.ClassLoader	_classLoader
private java.lang.String	_className

Constructor Summary

private

TypeInvoker(java.lang.String className, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader) Constructor

Method Summary

private java.lang.String	_composeUnableToLoadClassMessage(java.lang.Class<?> asType)
private java.lang.Class<?>	_loadType()
java.lang.Class<?>	load() Loads the class with the name specified in this type, using this class' ClassLoader.
<T> java.lang.Class<? extends T>	loadAs(java.lang.Class<T> type) Loads the class with the name specified in this type, as the given type, using this class' ClassLoader.
(package private) static TypeInvoker	newLoader(java.lang.String className, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_className

private final java.lang.String _className

_classLoader

private final java.lang.ClassLoader _classLoader

Constructor Detail

TypeInvoker

private TypeInvoker(java.lang.String className,
                    java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)

Constructor

Parameters:

className -

classLoader -

Method Detail

newLoader

static TypeInvoker newLoader(java.lang.String className,
                             java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)

load

public java.lang.Class<?> load()

Loads the class with the name specified in this type, using this class' ClassLoader. Example:

 Class type = Reflection.type("org.republic.Jedi").withClassLoader(myClassLoader).load();
 

Returns:

the loaded class.

Throws:

ReflectionError - wrapping any error that occurred during class loading.

loadAs

public <T> java.lang.Class<? extends T> loadAs(java.lang.Class<T> type)

Loads the class with the name specified in this type, as the given type, using this class' ClassLoader. The following example shows how to use this method. Let's assume that we have the class Jedi that extends the class Person:

 Class type = Reflection.type("org.republic.Jedi").withClassLoader(myClassLoader).loadAs(Person.class);
 

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type of the type.

Parameters:

type - the given type.

Returns:

the loaded class.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the given type is null.

ReflectionError - wrapping any error that occurred during class loading.

_loadType

private java.lang.Class<?> _loadType()
                              throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

_composeUnableToLoadClassMessage

private java.lang.String _composeUnableToLoadClassMessage(java.lang.Class<?> asType)