org.hibernate.annotations.common.util

Class ReflectHelper

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.annotations.common.util.ReflectHelper

public final class ReflectHelper
extends Object

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class	classForName(String name, Class caller) Deprecated. Deprecated in favor of ClassLoaderDelegate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

classForName

@Deprecated
public static Class classForName(String name,
                                             Class caller)
                                      throws ClassNotFoundException

Deprecated. Deprecated in favor of ClassLoaderDelegate

Perform resolution of a class name.

Here we first check the context classloader, if one, before delegating to Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader) using the caller's classloader

Parameters:

name - The class name

caller - The class from which this call originated (in order to access that class's loader).

Returns:

The class reference.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - From Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader).