How to use

loadClass

method

in

cascading.lingual.util.Reflection

public static Class<?> loadClassSafe( String typeString )
 {
 try
  {
  return loadClass( typeString );
  }
 catch( Exception exception )
  {
  return null;
  }
 }

public static Object invokeStaticMethod( ClassLoader loader, String typeString, String methodName, Object[] parameters, Class[] parameterTypes )
 {
 Class type = loadClass( loader, typeString );
 return invokeStaticMethod( type, methodName, parameters, parameterTypes );
 }

public static Class<?> loadClass( ClassLoader loader, String typeString )
 {
 try
  {
  return loader.loadClass( typeString );
  }
 catch( ClassNotFoundException exception )
  {
  throw new CascadingException( "unable to load class: " + typeString, exception );
  }
 }

private Class loadClass( String className, String jarPath )
 {
 LOG.debug( "loading: {} from: {}", className, jarPath );
 if( jarPath == null ) // its a default factory
  {
  classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
  return Reflection.loadClass( classLoader, className );
  }
 String qualifiedPath = platformBroker.makePath( platformBroker.getFullProviderPath(), jarPath );
 try
  {
  return platformBroker.loadClass( qualifiedPath, className );
  }
 finally
  {
  try
   {
   classLoader = platformBroker.getUrlClassLoader( qualifiedPath );
   }
  catch( Exception exception )
   {
   // do nothing
   }
  }
 }
}