net.sf.mmm.util.reflect.api
Interface ClassResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaLangClassResolver, MappedClassResolver

public interface ClassResolver

This is the callback interface used to resolve a type by some logical name to the Class reflecting that type.

Since:

1.0.1

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

CLASS_FOR_NAME_RESOLVER

Field Summary

static ClassResolver

CLASS_FOR_NAME_RESOLVER This is a singleton implementation of the ClassResolver interface that simply delegates to Class.forName(String).

Method Summary

Class<?>

resolveClass(String name) This method resolves the class with the given name.

Field Detail

CLASS_FOR_NAME_RESOLVER

static final ClassResolver CLASS_FOR_NAME_RESOLVER

This is a singleton implementation of the ClassResolver interface that simply delegates to Class.forName(String).

Method Detail

resolveClass

Class<?> resolveClass(String name)
                      throws TypeNotFoundException

This method resolves the class with the given name. In addition to a ClassLoader this method may also find types via a logical alias name.
The name can be the physical (fully qualified) classname (e.g. org.foo.BlobImpl) but this may also be a logical name depending on the implementation of this interface (e.g. Blob may point to the same type).

Parameters:

name - is the logical or physical name of the requested type.

Returns:

the class reflecting the type with the given name.

Throws:

TypeNotFoundException - if the requested type was NOT found.