de.cismet.commons.classloading

Class BlacklistClassloading

java.lang.Object

de.cismet.commons.classloading.BlacklistClassloading

public final class BlacklistClassloading
extends Object

BlacklistClassloading optimises the Class.forName(String) operation by caching already found class objects and blacklisting classes that have been requested to be loaded but could not be found. IMPORTANT: Do not use if your environment is dynamic in a way that new classes are defined at runtime!

Version:

1.1

Author:

srichter, mscholl

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class<?>	forName(String classname) Loads the class with the given class name using.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

forName

public static Class<?> forName(String classname)

Loads the class with the given class name using. If the class has not yet been loaded and loading has never been tried before calling this operation is similar to a call to Class.forName(java.lang.String). If loading has already been tried but the class was not found null is returned directly. If loading has already been tried and the class was successfully loaded before the Class object is returned directly.

Parameters:

classname - canonical name of the class that shall be loaded

Returns:

the class instance to be loaded or null if the class does not exist