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package org.jboss.as.ejb3;
/**
* PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil
* <p/>
* Util for centralizing the logic for handling primitive types
* during classloading. Use the {@link #loadClass(String, ClassLoader)}
* to centralize the logic of checking for primitive types to ensure that
* the {@link ClassLoader#loadClass(String)} method is not invoked for primitives.
*
* @author Jaikiran Pai
* @version $Revision: $
*/
public class PrimitiveClassLoaderUtil {
/**
* First checks if <code>name</code> is a primitive type. If yes, then returns
* the corresponding {@link Class} for that primitive. If it's not a primitive
* then the {@link Class#forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader)} method is invoked, passing
* it the <code>name</code>, false and the <code>cl</code> classloader
*
* @param name The class that has to be loaded
* @param cl The {@link ClassLoader} to use, if <code>name</code> is *not* a primitive
* @return Returns the {@link Class} corresponding to <code>name</code>
* @throws ClassNotFoundException If the class for <code>name</code> could not be found
* @see ClassLoader#loadClass(String)
*/
public static Class<?> loadClass(String name, ClassLoader cl) throws ClassNotFoundException {
/*
* Handle Primitives
*/
if (name.equals(void.class.getName())) {
return void.class;
}
if (name.equals(byte.class.getName())) {
return byte.class;
}
if (name.equals(short.class.getName())) {
return short.class;
}
if (name.equals(int.class.getName())) {
return int.class;
}
if (name.equals(long.class.getName())) {
return long.class;
}
if (name.equals(char.class.getName())) {
return char.class;
}
if (name.equals(boolean.class.getName())) {
return boolean.class;
}
if (name.equals(float.class.getName())) {
return float.class;
}
if (name.equals(double.class.getName())) {
return double.class;
}
// Now that we know its not a primitive, lets just allow
// the passed classloader to handle the request.
// Note that we are intentionally using Class.forName(name,boolean,cl)
// to handle issues with loading array types in Java 6 http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6434149
return Class.forName(name, false, cl);
}
}