public static Class toClass()

in bval-jsr/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/util/reflection/Reflection.java [263:305]

39 lines of code
12 McCabe index (conditional complexity)


    public static Class<?> toClass(String className, boolean resolve, ClassLoader loader)
        throws ClassNotFoundException {
        Validate.notNull(className, "className was null");

        // array handling
        int dims = 0;
        while (className.endsWith("[]")) {
            dims++;
            className = className.substring(0, className.length() - 2);
        }

        // check against primitive types
        boolean primitive = false;
        if (className.indexOf('.') == -1) {
            for (int i = 0; !primitive && (i < NATIVE_CODES.length); i++) {
                if (NATIVE_CODES[i][1].equals(className)) {
                    if (dims == 0) {
                        return (Class<?>) NATIVE_CODES[i][0];
                    }
                    className = (String) NATIVE_CODES[i][2];
                    primitive = true;
                }
            }
        }
        if (dims > 0) {
            StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(className.length() + dims + 2);
            for (int i = 0; i < dims; i++) {
                buf.append('[');
            }
            if (!primitive) {
                buf.append('L');
            }
            buf.append(className);
            if (!primitive) {
                buf.append(';');
            }
            className = buf.toString();
        }
        if (loader == null) {
            loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        }
        return Class.forName(className, resolve, loader);
    }