/* ======================================================================== * JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform * ======================================================================== * * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors. * * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html * * This library 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 library 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 library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, * USA. * * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. * in the United States and other countries.] * * --------------------------------- * ClassLoaderObjectDescription.java * --------------------------------- * (C)opyright 2003, 2004, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors. * * Original Author: Thomas Morgner; * Contributor(s): David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited); * * $Id: ClassLoaderObjectDescription.java,v 1.5 2005/11/14 11:01:04 mungady Exp $ * * Changes (from 19-Feb-2003) * ------------------------- * 19-Feb-2003 : Added standard header and Javadocs (DG); * 29-Apr-2003 : Distilled from the JFreeReport project and moved into JCommon * */ package org.jfree.xml.factory.objects; import java.lang.reflect.Constructor; import java.lang.reflect.Modifier; import org.jfree.util.ObjectUtilities; /** * An object-description for a class loader. * * @author Thomas Morgner */ public class ClassLoaderObjectDescription extends AbstractObjectDescription { /** * Creates a new object description. */ public ClassLoaderObjectDescription() { super(Object.class); setParameterDefinition("class", String.class); } /** * Creates an object based on this object description. * * @return The object. */ public Object createObject() { try { final String o = (String) getParameter("class"); return ObjectUtilities.getClassLoader(getClass()).loadClass(o).newInstance(); } catch (Exception e) { return null; } } /** * Sets the parameters of the object description to match the supplied object. * * @param o the object. * * @throws ObjectFactoryException if there is a problem while reading the * properties of the given object. */ public void setParameterFromObject(final Object o) throws ObjectFactoryException { if (o == null) { throw new ObjectFactoryException("The Object is null."); } try { final Constructor c = o.getClass().getConstructor(new Class[0]); if (!Modifier.isPublic(c.getModifiers())) { throw new ObjectFactoryException ("The given object has no public default constructor. [" + o.getClass() + "]"); } setParameter("class", o.getClass().getName()); } catch (Exception e) { throw new ObjectFactoryException ("The given object has no default constructor. [" + o.getClass() + "]", e); } } }