org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor
Class ClassEditor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor.TextPropertyEditorSupport
          org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor.ClassEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

public class ClassEditor
extends TextPropertyEditorSupport

A property editor for converting class names into class object instances

Constructor Summary

ClassEditor()

Method Summary

Object

getValue() Return a resolved class using the text value of the property as the name.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor.TextPropertyEditorSupport

setAsText

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getAsText, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getSource, getTags, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, setValue, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassEditor

public ClassEditor()

Method Detail

getValue

public Object getValue()

Return a resolved class using the text value of the property as the name. The class is loading using the current context class loader, using the resolution rules defined by ClassLoading.java.

Specified by:

getValue in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getValue in class PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

a Class object created from the text value of the name.

Throws:

PropertyEditorException - Unable to resolve the Class object from the name.