com.opensymphony.oscache.util
Class ClassLoaderUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.opensymphony.oscache.util.ClassLoaderUtil

public class ClassLoaderUtil
extends Object

This code is borrowed directly from OSCore, but is duplicated here to avoid having to add a dependency on the entire OSCore jar.

If much more code from OSCore is needed then it might be wiser to bite the bullet and add a dependency.

Method Summary

static Class

loadClass(String className, Class callingClass) 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

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()
• 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.