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package com.twitter.heron.spi.utils;

public final class ReflectionUtils {
  private ReflectionUtils() {

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we don't know what T is until runtime
  public static  T newInstance(String className)
      throws ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException {
    return newInstance(ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(), className);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we don't know what T is until runtime
  public static  T newInstance(ClassLoader classLoader, String className)
      throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException {
    if (className == null) {
      throw new ClassNotFoundException("Can not instantiate class. className must not be null");
    }
    return (T) classLoader.loadClass(className).newInstance();
  }
}