tiles-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tiles/util/ClassUtil.java

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package org.apache.tiles.util;

import org.apache.tiles.TilesException;


/**
 * Utilities to work with dynamic class loading and instantiation.
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 * @deprecated Use {@link org.apache.tiles.reflect.ClassUtil}.
 */
@Deprecated
public final class ClassUtil {

    /**
     * Constructor, private to avoid instantiation.
     */
    private ClassUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns an instance of the given class name, by calling the default
     * constructor.
     *
     * @param className The class name to load and to instantiate.
     * @return The new instance of the class name.
     * @throws TilesException If something goes wrong during instantiation.
     * @deprecated Use
     * {@link org.apache.tiles.reflect.ClassUtil#instantiate(String)}.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Object instantiate(String className) throws TilesException {
        return org.apache.tiles.reflect.ClassUtil.instantiate(className);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an instance of the given class name, by calling the default
     * constructor.
     *
     * @param className The class name to load and to instantiate.
     * @param returnNull If <code>true</code>, if the class is not found it
     * returns <code>true</code>, otherwise it throws a
     * <code>TilesException</code>.
     * @return The new instance of the class name.
     * @throws TilesException If something goes wrong during instantiation.
     * @deprecated Use
     * {@link org.apache.tiles.reflect.ClassUtil#instantiate(String, boolean)}.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Object instantiate(String className, boolean returnNull)
        throws TilesException {
        return org.apache.tiles.reflect.ClassUtil.instantiate(className,
                returnNull);
    }

}