Package com.logicaldoc.core.automation

Class ClassTool

java.lang.Object

com.logicaldoc.core.automation.ClassTool

public class ClassTool
extends Object

Utility functions for manipulating classes and resources.

Since:

7.5.1

Author:

Marco Meschieri - LogicalDOC

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ClassTool()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	newInstance(String className)	Creates a new instance of a class whose constructor does not have parameters

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassTool

public ClassTool()

Method Detail

newInstance

public Object newInstance(String className)
                   throws InstantiationException,
                          IllegalAccessException,
                          ClassNotFoundException,
                          IllegalArgumentException,
                          InvocationTargetException,
                          NoSuchMethodException,
                          SecurityException

Creates a new instance of a class whose constructor does not have parameters

Parameters:

className - name of the class, if the class is inside the package com.logicaldoc you can just avoid the prefix, e.g.: for com.logicaldoc.stamp.automation.StampTool you can simply use stamp.automation.StampTool)

Returns:

the instantiated object

Throws:

InstantiationException - the class does not have a constructor without parameters

IllegalAccessException - the class or the constructor is private or not visible

ClassNotFoundException - you specified an unexisting class

SecurityException - the specified class cannot be instantiated due to security constraints

NoSuchMethodException - no public constructor without parameters

InvocationTargetException - the constructor raised an exception

IllegalArgumentException - no public constructor without parameters