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

Method Detail

getInstance

Object getInstance(String className)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Get an instance of a class.

Parameters:

className - name of class.

Returns:

instance of class.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class does not exist.

getInstance

Object getInstance(String className,
                   ClassLoader classLoader)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Get an instance of a class from a specific classloader.

Parameters:

className - name of class.

classLoader - class loader.

Returns:

instance of class.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class does not exist.

getInstance

<T> T getInstance(Class<T> clazz)

Gets an instance of a class.

Type Parameters:

T - type of class.

Parameters:

clazz - class.

Returns:

instance of class.