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Class ClassUtils</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>ClassUtils</B><DT>extends java.lang.Object</DL>
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Repository for common class and reflection methods.
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<DT><B>Version:</B></DT>
<DD>$Id: ClassUtils.java 511959 2007-02-26 19:24:39Z nbubna $</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
<DD>Nathan Bubna</DD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools">ClassUtils</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#INSTANCE">INSTANCE</A></B></CODE>
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<CODE>private </CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#ClassUtils()">ClassUtils</A></B>()</CODE>
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<CODE>private static&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#addResource(java.lang.String, java.util.Set, java.lang.Class)">addResource</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.util.Set&lt;java.lang.String&gt;&nbsp;urls,
java.lang.Class&nbsp;c)</CODE>
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<CODE>private static&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#addResources(java.lang.String, java.util.Set, java.lang.ClassLoader)">addResources</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.util.Set&lt;java.lang.String&gt;&nbsp;urls,
java.lang.ClassLoader&nbsp;loader)</CODE>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#findDeclaredMethod(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String, java.lang.Class[])">findDeclaredMethod</A></B>(java.lang.Class&nbsp;clazz,
java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Class[]&nbsp;params)</CODE>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#findMethod(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String, java.lang.Class[])">findMethod</A></B>(java.lang.Class&nbsp;clazz,
java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Class[]&nbsp;params)</CODE>
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<CODE>private static&nbsp;java.lang.ClassLoader</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getCallerLoader(java.lang.Object)">getCallerLoader</A></B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;caller)</CODE>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.Class</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getClass(java.lang.String)">getClass</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Load a class with a given name.</TD>
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<CODE>private static&nbsp;java.lang.ClassLoader</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getClassLoader()">getClassLoader</A></B>()</CODE>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.lang.Object</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getFieldValue(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String)">getFieldValue</A></B>(java.lang.Class&nbsp;clazz,
java.lang.String&nbsp;fieldname)</CODE>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getFieldValue(java.lang.String)">getFieldValue</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;fieldPath)</CODE>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools">ClassUtils</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getInstance()">getInstance</A></B>()</CODE>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.util.Iterator</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getIterator(java.lang.Object)">getIterator</A></B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;obj)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Retrieves an Iterator from or creates and Iterator for the specified object.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.net.URL</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getResource(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)">getResource</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Object&nbsp;caller)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Load a given resource.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.io.InputStream</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)">getResourceAsStream</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Object&nbsp;caller)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a convenience method to load a resource as a stream.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;java.util.List&lt;java.net.URL&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getResources(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)">getResources</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Object&nbsp;caller)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Load all resources with the specified name.</TD>
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<CODE>private static&nbsp;java.lang.ClassLoader</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getThreadContextLoader()">getThreadContextLoader</A></B>()</CODE>
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<TD><CODE>clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait</CODE></TD>
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INSTANCE</H3>
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public static final <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools">ClassUtils</A> <B>INSTANCE</B></PRE>
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ClassUtils</H3>
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private <B>ClassUtils</B>()</PRE>
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getInstance</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools">ClassUtils</A> <B>getInstance</B>()</PRE>
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<A NAME="getThreadContextLoader()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getThreadContextLoader</H3>
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private static final java.lang.ClassLoader <B>getThreadContextLoader</B>()</PRE>
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<A NAME="getClassLoader()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getClassLoader</H3>
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private static final java.lang.ClassLoader <B>getClassLoader</B>()</PRE>
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<A NAME="getCallerLoader(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getCallerLoader</H3>
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private static final java.lang.ClassLoader <B>getCallerLoader</B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;caller)</PRE>
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<A NAME="getClass(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getClass</H3>
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public static java.lang.Class <B>getClass</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name)
throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException</PRE>
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<DD>Load a class with a given name.
<p/>
It will try to load the class in the following order:
<ul>
<li>From <CODE>Thread</CODE>.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
<li>Using the basic <CODE>Class.forName(java.lang.String)</CODE>
<li>From <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools"><CODE>ClassUtils</CODE></A>.class.getClassLoader()
</ul>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - Fully qualified class name to be loaded
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>Class object
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException</CODE> - if the class cannot be found</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="getInstance(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getInstance</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.Object <B>getInstance</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;classname)
throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
java.lang.InstantiationException</PRE>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.IllegalAccessException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.InstantiationException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="getResources(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getResources</H3>
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public static java.util.List&lt;java.net.URL&gt; <B>getResources</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Object&nbsp;caller)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Load all resources with the specified name. If none are found, we
prepend the name with '/' and try again.
This will attempt to load the resources from the following methods (in order):
<ul>
<li>Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResources(name)</li>
<li><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools"><CODE>ClassUtils</CODE></A>.class.getClassLoader().getResources(name)</li>
<li><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools"><CODE>ClassUtils</CODE></A>.class.getResource(name)</li>
<li><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html#getCallerLoader(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>getCallerLoader(Object caller)</CODE></A>.getResources(name)</li>
<li>caller.getClass().getResource(name)</li>
</ul>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - The name of the resources to load<DD><CODE>caller</CODE> - The instance or <CODE>Class</CODE> calling this method</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="addResource(java.lang.String, java.util.Set, java.lang.Class)"><!-- --></A><H3>
addResource</H3>
<PRE>
private static final void <B>addResource</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.util.Set&lt;java.lang.String&gt;&nbsp;urls,
java.lang.Class&nbsp;c)</PRE>
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<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="addResources(java.lang.String, java.util.Set, java.lang.ClassLoader)"><!-- --></A><H3>
addResources</H3>
<PRE>
private static final boolean <B>addResources</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.util.Set&lt;java.lang.String&gt;&nbsp;urls,
java.lang.ClassLoader&nbsp;loader)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getResource(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getResource</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.net.URL <B>getResource</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Object&nbsp;caller)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Load a given resource.
<p/>
This method will try to load the resource using the following methods (in order):
<ul>
<li>Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(name)</li>
<li><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools"><CODE>ClassUtils</CODE></A>.class.getClassLoader().getResource(name)</li>
<li><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/ClassUtils.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools"><CODE>ClassUtils</CODE></A>.class.getResource(name)</li>
<li>caller.getClass().getResource(name) or, if caller is a Class,
caller.getResource(name)</li>
</ul>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - The name of the resource to load<DD><CODE>caller</CODE> - The instance or <CODE>Class</CODE> calling this method</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getResourceAsStream</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.io.InputStream <B>getResourceAsStream</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Object&nbsp;caller)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This is a convenience method to load a resource as a stream.
<p/>
The algorithm used to find the resource is given in getResource()
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - The name of the resource to load<DD><CODE>caller</CODE> - The instance or <CODE>Class</CODE> calling this method</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="findMethod(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String, java.lang.Class[])"><!-- --></A><H3>
findMethod</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.reflect.Method <B>findMethod</B>(java.lang.Class&nbsp;clazz,
java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Class[]&nbsp;params)
throws java.lang.SecurityException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.SecurityException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="findDeclaredMethod(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String, java.lang.Class[])"><!-- --></A><H3>
findDeclaredMethod</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.reflect.Method <B>findDeclaredMethod</B>(java.lang.Class&nbsp;clazz,
java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
java.lang.Class[]&nbsp;params)
throws java.lang.SecurityException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.SecurityException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getFieldValue(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFieldValue</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.Object <B>getFieldValue</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;fieldPath)
throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
java.lang.NoSuchFieldException,
java.lang.SecurityException,
java.lang.IllegalAccessException</PRE>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NoSuchFieldException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.SecurityException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.IllegalAccessException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getFieldValue(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFieldValue</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.lang.Object <B>getFieldValue</B>(java.lang.Class&nbsp;clazz,
java.lang.String&nbsp;fieldname)
throws java.lang.NoSuchFieldException,
java.lang.SecurityException,
java.lang.IllegalAccessException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NoSuchFieldException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.SecurityException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.IllegalAccessException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getIterator(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getIterator</H3>
<PRE>
public static java.util.Iterator <B>getIterator</B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;obj)
throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Retrieves an Iterator from or creates and Iterator for the specified object.
This method is almost entirely copied from Engine's UberspectImpl class.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NoSuchMethodException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.IllegalAccessException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
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