com.atlassian.mail.util

Class ClassLoaderUtils

java.lang.Object

com.atlassian.mail.util.ClassLoaderUtils

public class ClassLoaderUtils
extends Object

The methods in this class have been copied almost ad-verbatim from the atlassian-core class with the same name. ClassLoaderUtils for more information

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassLoaderUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static URL	getResource(String resourceName, Class callingClass) Load a given resource.
static InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String resourceName, Class callingClass) This is a convenience method to load a resource as a stream.
static Class	loadClass(String className, Class callingClass) Load a class with a given name.
static Class	loadClass(String className, ClassLoader callingClassLoader) Load a class with a given name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassLoaderUtils

public ClassLoaderUtils()

Method Detail

loadClass

public static Class loadClass(String className,
                              Class callingClass)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class with a given name.

It will try to load the class in the following order:

• From Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
• Using the basic Class.forName(java.lang.String)
• From ClassLoaderUtil.class.getClassLoader()
• From the callingClass.getClassLoader()

Parameters:

className - The name of the class to load

callingClass - The Class object of the calling object

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If the class cannot be found anywhere.

loadClass

public static Class loadClass(String className,
                              ClassLoader callingClassLoader)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class with a given name.

It will try to load the class in the following order:

• From Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
• Using the basic Class.forName(java.lang.String)
• From ClassLoaderUtil.class.getClassLoader()
• From the callingClass.getClassLoader()

Parameters:

className - The name of the class to load

callingClassLoader - The ClassLoader the calling object which will be used to look up className

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If the class cannot be found anywhere.

getResource

public static URL getResource(String resourceName,
                              Class callingClass)

Load a given resource.

This method will try to load the resource using the following methods (in order):

• From Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
• From ClassLoaderUtil.class.getClassLoader()
• From the callingClass.getClassLoader()

Parameters:

resourceName - The name of the resource to load

callingClass - The Class object of the calling object

getResourceAsStream

public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resourceName,
                                              Class callingClass)

This is a convenience method to load a resource as a stream. The algorithm used to find the resource is given in getResource()

Parameters:

resourceName - The name of the resource to load

callingClass - The Class object of the calling object