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-----Original Message----- From: Dain Sundstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 25 February 2002 12:09 To: Jason Dillon Cc: JBoss-dev Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] Loading array class object by name Doesn't work. I tried [Ljava/lang/Object; and both without the semicolon. -dain Jason Dillon wrote: > Try loading "[Ljava.lang.Object;" instead... which is the class name > returned from Object[].class.getName(); > > --jason > > > Dain Sundstrom wrote: > >> >> >> Jason Dillon wrote: >> >>> What is the value for name you are using? >> >> >> >> >> In my test code "java.lang.Object[]" >> >> >>> Why not just use Class.class? >> >> >> >> >> Because I am trying to load a parameter type from an xml file that >> >> just has the string name of the type. >> >> >> >>> Or if you really want to use Class.forName to load Class, then you >>> should be able to use the system class loader. >> >> >> >>> >>> Is this after yesterdays Server/ServerLoader change? >> >> >> >> >> No new feature. Class.forName docs say you can load arrays but it is >> broken. Here is the code I use now: >> >> private Class convertToJavaClass(String name) throws >> DeploymentException { >> // Check primitive first >> for (int i = 0; i < PRIMITIVES.length; i++) { >> if(name.equals(PRIMITIVES[i])) { >> return PRIMITIVE_CLASSES[i]; >> } >> } >> >> int arraySize = 0; >> while(name.endsWith("[]")) { >> name = name.substring(0, name.length()-2); >> arraySize++; >> } >> >> try { >> // get the base class >> Class c = entity.getClassLoader().loadClass(name); >> >> // if we have an array get the array class >> if(arraySize > 0) { >> int[] dimensions = new int[arraySize]; >> for(int i=0; i<arraySize; i++) { >> dimensions[i]=1; >> } >> c = Array.newInstance(c, dimensions).getClass(); >> } >> >> return c; >> } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) { >> throw new DeploymentException("Parameter class not found: " + >> name); >> } >> } >> >> This is lame but works. >> >> -dain > > > _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
