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* Copyright 2012, Facebook, Inc.
*
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*
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package com.facebook.LinkBench.util;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
/**
* Utility methods for dynamic loading of classes
*/
public class ClassLoadUtil {
private static final Class<?>[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Class[]{};
/**
* Load a class by name.
* @param name the class name.
* @return the class object.
* @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class is not found.
*/
public static Class<?> getClassByName(String name)
throws ClassNotFoundException {
ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
return Class.forName(name, true, classLoader);
}
/** Create an object for the given class and initialize it from conf
*
* @param theClass class of which an object is created
* @param expected the expected parent class or interface
* @return a new object
*/
public static <T> T newInstance(Class<?> theClass, Class<T> expected) {
T result;
try {
if (!expected.isAssignableFrom(theClass)) {
throw new Exception("Specified class " + theClass.getName() + "" +
"does not extend/implement " + expected.getName());
}
Class<? extends T> clazz = (Class<? extends T>)theClass;
Constructor<? extends T> meth = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor(EMPTY_ARRAY);
meth.setAccessible(true);
result = meth.newInstance();
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
return result;
}
public static <T> T newInstance(String className, Class<T> expected)
throws ClassNotFoundException {
return newInstance(getClassByName(className), expected);
}
}