com.atlassian.jira.plugin
Interface ComponentClassManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultComponentClassManager

public interface ComponentClassManager

Provides methods to help load and instantiate classes that can handle OSGi plugins with their ClassLoaders and Components that don't live in Pico Container.

Since:

v4.0

Method Summary

<T> Class<T>	loadClass(String className) Load a class from Jira core, or a plugin including plugins that are not enabled.
<T> T	newInstance(String className) Instantiates the named class using OSGi ClassLoaders and Pico/Spring injection as appropriate.

Method Detail

newInstance

<T> T newInstance(String className)
              throws ClassNotFoundException

Instantiates the named class using OSGi ClassLoaders and Pico/Spring injection as appropriate.

Parameters:

className - the name of the class to instantiate.

Returns:

the instance of the requested class.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the given className was not able to be loaded.

loadClass

<T> Class<T> loadClass(String className)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

Load a class from Jira core, or a plugin including plugins that are not enabled.

Type Parameters:

T - The Class type.

Parameters:

className - Fully qualified class name.

Returns:

the loaded Class of type T.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the given className was not able to be loaded.