Package org.apache.openjpa.lib.util

Class ClassUtil

java.lang.Object

org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.ClassUtil

public final class ClassUtil
extends Object

Various helper methods to deal with Classes

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getClassName(Class cls)	Return only the class name, without package.
static String	getClassName(String fullName)	Return only the class name.
static String	getPackageName(Class cls)	Return only the package, or empty string if none.
static String	getPackageName(String fullName)	Return only the package, or empty string if none.
static Class	toClass(String str, boolean resolve, ClassLoader loader)	Return the class for the given string, correctly handling primitive types.
static Class	toClass(String str, ClassLoader loader)	Return the class for the given string, correctly handling primitive types.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toClass

public static Class toClass(String str,
                            ClassLoader loader)

Return the class for the given string, correctly handling primitive types. If the given class loader is null, the context loader of the current thread will be used.

Throws:

RuntimeException - on load error

toClass

public static Class toClass(String str,
                            boolean resolve,
                            ClassLoader loader)

Return the class for the given string, correctly handling primitive types. If the given class loader is null, the context loader of the current thread will be used.

Throws:

RuntimeException - on load error

getClassName

public static String getClassName(Class cls)

Return only the class name, without package.

getClassName

public static String getClassName(String fullName)

Return only the class name.

getPackageName

public static String getPackageName(Class cls)

Return only the package, or empty string if none.

getPackageName

public static String getPackageName(String fullName)

Return only the package, or empty string if none.