How to use

stringsToClasses

method

in

org.jboss.metadata.spi.signature.Signature

/**
* Returns the parameter types.
* 
* @param clazz the reference class
* @return the parameter types.
*/
public Class<?>[] getParametersTypes(Class<?> clazz)
{
 if (parameterTypes == null)
   return stringsToClasses(clazz, parameters);
 return parameterTypes;
}

/**
* Convert classes to string
* 
* @param clazz the reference class
* @param parameters the parameters as strings
* @return the parameters as classes
*/
private static Class<?>[] stringsToClasses(Class<?> clazz, String... parameters)
{
 if (clazz == null)
   throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null clazz");
 
 ClassLoader cl = clazz.getClassLoader();
 if (cl == null)
 {
   cl = Class.class.getClassLoader();
   if (cl == null)
   {
    //Bootstrap classloader was represented as null, use the tcl
    cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
   }
 }
 return stringsToClasses(cl, parameters);
}

/**
* Convert classes to string
* 
* @param clazz the reference class
* @param parameters the parameters as strings
* @return the parameters as classes
*/
private static Class<?>[] stringsToClasses(Class<?> clazz, String... parameters)
{
 if (clazz == null)
   throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null clazz");
 
 ClassLoader cl = clazz.getClassLoader();
 if (cl == null)
 {
   cl = Class.class.getClassLoader();
   if (cl == null)
   {
    //Bootstrap classloader was represented as null, use the tcl
    cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
   }
 }
 return stringsToClasses(cl, parameters);
}

/**
* Returns the parameter types.
* 
* @param clazz the reference class
* @return the parameter types.
*/
public Class<?>[] getParametersTypes(Class<?> clazz)
{
 if (parameterTypes == null)
 {
   parameterTypes = getParameterTypes();
   if (parameterTypes == null)
    parameterTypes = stringsToClasses(clazz, parameters);
 }
 return parameterTypes;
}