Util.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
 */

package org.exoplatform.webui;

import org.exoplatform.webui.config.InitParams;

/**
 * Created by The eXo Platform SAS May 10, 2006
 *
 * A utility class that provides static methods to create new objects, of a given type
 */
public class Util {
    /**
     * The default parameters given to the constructor
     */
    static Class<?>[] CONSTRUCTOR_PARAMS = { InitParams.class };

    /**
     *
     * @param type The type of the object to create, given as a String
     * @param params The parameters to give to the constructor
     * @return A new object of the given type
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static Object createObject(String type, InitParams params) throws Exception {
        ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        Class<?> clazz = cl.loadClass(type);
        return createObject(clazz, params);
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param <T> The type of the object to create
     * @param type The type parameter given as a Class object
     * @param params The parameters to give to the constructor
     * @return The object of type T
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static <T> T createObject(Class<T> type, InitParams params) throws Exception {
        if (params == null) {
            return type.getConstructor().newInstance();
        }
        Object[] args = { params };
        return type.getConstructor(CONSTRUCTOR_PARAMS).newInstance(args);
    }
}