com.atlassian.crowd.util
Interface InstanceFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

SpringContextInstanceFactory

public interface InstanceFactory

An interface to easily instantiate objects from classes.

Method Summary

<T> T	getInstance(java.lang.Class<T> clazz) Gets an instance of a class.
java.lang.Object	getInstance(java.lang.String className) Get an instance of a class.
java.lang.Object	getInstance(java.lang.String className, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader) Get an instance of a class from a specific classloader.

Method Detail

getInstance

java.lang.Object getInstance(java.lang.String className)
                             throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Get an instance of a class.

Parameters:

className - name of class.

Returns:

instance of class.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the class does not exist.

getInstance

java.lang.Object getInstance(java.lang.String className,
                             java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
                             throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Get an instance of a class from a specific classloader.

Parameters:

className - name of class.

classLoader - class loader.

Returns:

instance of class.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the class does not exist.

getInstance

<T> T getInstance(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)

Gets an instance of a class.

Type Parameters:

T - type of class.

Parameters:

clazz - class.

Returns:

instance of class.