KijiGatherers.java

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package org.kiji.mapreduce.gather.impl;

import org.kiji.annotations.ApiAudience;
import org.kiji.mapreduce.gather.KijiGatherer;

/** Utility methods for working with <code>KijiGatherer</code>. */
@ApiAudience.Private
public final class KijiGatherers {
  /** Utility class, cannot be instantiated. */
  private KijiGatherers() {}

  /**
   * Loads a KijiGatherer class by name.
   *
   * @param className Fully qualified name of the class to load.
   * @return the loaded class.
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class is not found.
   * @throws ClassCastException if the class is not a KijiBulkImporter.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
  public static Class<? extends KijiGatherer> forName(String className)
      throws ClassNotFoundException {
    return Class.forName(className).asSubclass(KijiGatherer.class);
  }
}