org.rhq.enterprise.communications.util
Class ClassUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.rhq.enterprise.communications.util.ClassUtil

public class ClassUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities used for working with Class objects.

Author:

John Mazzitelli

Method Summary

static java.lang.Class

getClassFromTypeName(java.lang.String type_name) Converts a type name (as a String) into its Class representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getClassFromTypeName

public static java.lang.Class getClassFromTypeName(java.lang.String type_name)
                                            throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Converts a type name (as a String) into its Class representation. Primitives are converted to their object types (e.g. "int" will return Integer.TYPE).

Parameters:

type_name - the type name string

Returns:

the type's Class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the type name cannot be converted to a class object