de.smartics.exceptions.runtime
Class Helper

java.lang.Object
  de.smartics.exceptions.runtime.Helper

public final class Helper
     
     

      
      extends 
      
      Object
     
     

Provides helper methods for this package.

This is internal API.

Author:

Robert Reiner

Method Summary

static <T> T

loadService(Class<T> clazz, ClassLoader classLoader) Loads the service from the META-INF/services and therefore mimics the ServiceLoader functionality of JSE 1.6 to some extend.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

loadService

public static <T> T loadService(Class<T> clazz,
                                ClassLoader classLoader)

Loads the service from the META-INF/services and therefore mimics the ServiceLoader functionality of JSE 1.6 to some extend.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the service to load.

Parameters:

clazz - the class instance to read an implementation for. The name of the class (including the package) is the name of the file expected in the META-INF/services directory.

classLoader - the class loader to use to read resources from the META-INF/services directory within the classpath.

Returns:

the instance of the class whose name is found in the file specified clazz. The name of the class found in the file is required to be a subclass of the class given by clazz.