trunk/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Classes.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * Utilities for class manipulation.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public class Classes {

  /**
   * Equivalent of {@link Class#forName(String)} which also returns classes for
   * primitives like <code>boolean</code>, etc.
   * 
   * @param className
   *          The name of the class to retrieve. Can be either a normal class or
   *          a primitive class.
   * @return The class specified by <code>className</code>
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException
   *           If the requested class can not be found.
   */
  public static Class<?> extendedForName(String className)
      throws ClassNotFoundException {
    Class<?> valueType;
    if (className.equals("boolean")) {
      valueType = boolean.class;
    } else if (className.equals("byte")) {
      valueType = byte.class;
    } else if (className.equals("short")) {
      valueType = short.class;
    } else if (className.equals("int")) {
      valueType = int.class;
    } else if (className.equals("long")) {
      valueType = long.class;
    } else if (className.equals("float")) {
      valueType = float.class;
    } else if (className.equals("double")) {
      valueType = double.class;
    } else if (className.equals("char")) {
      valueType = char.class;
    } else {
      valueType = Class.forName(className);
    }
    return valueType;
  }

  public static String stringify(Class[] classes) {
    StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
    if (classes != null) {
      for (Class c : classes) {
        if (buf.length() > 0) {
          buf.append(",");
        }
        buf.append(c.getName());
      }
    } else {
      buf.append("NULL");
    }
    return buf.toString();
  }
}