com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc

Class ClassResolver

java.lang.Object

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.ClassResolver

public class ClassResolver
extends Object

Utility class to resolve a class name to an actual class. Note that loaded classes are not initialized.

Limitations: this does not handle inner classes very well.

Author:

Oliver Burn

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassResolver(ClassLoader loader, String pkg, Set<String> imports) Creates a new ClassResolver instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isLoadable(String name) Checks if the given class name can be loaded.
Class<?>	resolve(String name, String currentClass) Attempts to resolve the Class for a specified name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassResolver

public ClassResolver(ClassLoader loader,
                     String pkg,
                     Set<String> imports)

Creates a new ClassResolver instance.

Parameters:

loader - the ClassLoader to load classes with.

pkg - the name of the package the class may belong to

imports - set of imports to check if the class belongs to

Method Detail

resolve

public Class<?> resolve(String name,
                        String currentClass)
                 throws ClassNotFoundException

Attempts to resolve the Class for a specified name. The algorithm is to check: - fully qualified name - explicit imports - enclosing package - star imports

Parameters:

name - name of the class to resolve

currentClass - name of current class (for inner classes).

Returns:

the resolved class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if unable to resolve the class

isLoadable

public boolean isLoadable(String name)

Checks if the given class name can be loaded.

Parameters:

name - name of the class to check

Returns:

whether a specified class is loadable with safeLoad().