01: /* Copyright (C) 2004 - 2007 db4objects Inc. http://www.db4o.com
02:
03: This file is part of the db4o open source object database.
04:
05: db4o is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
06: the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published
07: by the Free Software Foundation and as clarified by db4objects' GPL
08: interpretation policy, available at
09: http://www.db4o.com/about/company/legalpolicies/gplinterpretation/
10: Alternatively you can write to db4objects, Inc., 1900 S Norfolk Street,
11: Suite 350, San Mateo, CA 94403, USA.
12:
13: db4o is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
14: WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
15: FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
16: for more details.
17:
18: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
19: with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
20: 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21: package com.db4o.internal;
22:
23: /**
24: * @sharpen.ignore
25: */
26: public class ReflectPlatform {
27:
28: /**
29: * @param className
30: * @return the Class object for specified className. Returns null if an
31: * error is encountered during loading the class.
32: */
33: public static Class forName(String className) {
34: try {
35: return Class.forName(className);
36: } catch (Exception e) {
37: // e.printStackTrace();
38: } catch (LinkageError e) {
39: // e.printStackTrace();
40: }
41: return null;
42: }
43:
44: public static Object createInstance(String className) {
45: Class clazz = forName(className);
46: return createInstance(clazz);
47: }
48:
49: public static Object createInstance(Class clazz) {
50: if (clazz == null) {
51: return null;
52: }
53: try {
54: return clazz.newInstance();
55: } catch (Throwable t) {
56: // Class.newInstances() propagates any exception thrown by the
57: // nullary constructor, including a checked exception.
58: }
59: return null;
60: }
61:
62: public static String fullyQualifiedName(Class clazz) {
63: return clazz.getName();
64: }
65:
66: }
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