com.meterware.simplestub

Class ClassLoadingSupport

java.lang.Object

com.meterware.simplestub.ClassLoadingSupport

public class ClassLoadingSupport
extends Object

Supports special classloading as needed by unit tests.

Author:

Russell Gold

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassLoadingSupport()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class<?>	reloadClass(Class<?> aClass) EXPERIMENTAL! Reloads the specified class from a new classloader, allowing its static initializations to run again.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassLoadingSupport

public ClassLoadingSupport()

Method Detail

reloadClass

public static Class<?> reloadClass(Class<?> aClass)
                            throws IOException,
                                   ClassNotFoundException

EXPERIMENTAL! Reloads the specified class from a new classloader, allowing its static initializations to run again. Note that the new classloader will use the original class's classloader as a parent, so that the resultant class will share the original's base class and interfaces.

Parameters:

aClass - a class to reload

Returns:

a new class, based on the original.

Throws:

IOException - if there is a problem reading the original class definition

ClassNotFoundException - if there is a problem creating the new definition.