bitronix.tm.utils
Class ClassLoaderUtils

java.lang.Object
  bitronix.tm.utils.ClassLoaderUtils

public class ClassLoaderUtils
extends Object

Static utility methods for loading classes and resources.

Constructor Summary

ClassLoaderUtils()

Method Summary

static ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Get the class loader which can be used to generate proxies without leaking memory.
static InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String resourceName) Load a resource from the classpath.
static Class	loadClass(String className) Load a class by 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

getClassLoader

public static ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Get the class loader which can be used to generate proxies without leaking memory.

Returns:

the class loader which can be used to generate proxies without leaking memory.

loadClass

public static Class loadClass(String className)
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class by name. Tries the current thread's context loader then falls back to Class.forName(String).

Parameters:

className - name of the class to load.

Returns:

the loaded class.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class cannot be found in the classpath.

getResourceAsStream

public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resourceName)

Load a resource from the classpath. Tries the current thread's context loader then falls back to ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(String) using this class' classloader.

Parameters:

resourceName - the resource name to load.

Returns:

a InputStream if the resource could be found, null otherwise.