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/*
 * Copyright 2007 Joachim Grueneis
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
package org.exolab.castor.xml.util.resolvers;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;


/**
 * Some helpers used by the resolver commands. This is a utility class which is NOT meant to be
 * instantiated.
 * 
 * @author Joachim Grueneis
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 * @since 1.2
 */
public final class ResolveHelpers {
  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ResolveHelpers.class);

  /**
   * A private constructor as this is a utility class without an own state.
   */
  private ResolveHelpers() {}

  /**
   * Qualifies the given fileName with the given packageName and returns
   * the resulting file path.

   * If packageName is null or a zero-length String, this method will
   * return fileName.

   *
   * @param fileName The file name to be qualified.
   * @param packageName The package name to be used for qualifying.
   * @return The qualified file path.
   */
  public static String getQualifiedFileName(String fileName, String packageName) {
    if (packageName == null || packageName.isEmpty()) {
      return fileName;
    }

    return packageName.replace('.', '/') + '/' + fileName;
  } // -- getQualifiedFileName

  /**
   * Gets the package name of the given class name.
   *
   * @param className The class name to retrieve the package name from.
   * @return The package name or the empty String if className is null or
   *         does not contain a package.
   */
  public static String getPackageName(String className) {
    if (className == null) {
      return "";
    }

    int idx = className.lastIndexOf('.');
    if (idx >= 0) {
      return className.substring(0, idx);
    }
    return "";
  } // -- getPackageName

  /**
   * Compares the two strings for equality. A Null and empty strings are considered equal.
   *
   * @return true if the two strings are considered equal.
   */
  public static boolean namespaceEquals(String ns1, String ns2) {
    if (ns1 == null) {
      return ns2 == null || ns2.length() == 0;
    }

    if (ns2 == null) {
      return ns1.length() == 0;
    }

    return ns1.equals(ns2);
  } // -- namespaceEquals

  /**
   * Gets the ClassLoader that's actually to be used (e.g. for loading resources).

   * The actual ClassLoader is determined in the following way: 
   * If the passed in "preferred" loader is not null, it is used.
   * 
If the loader of this XMLClassDescriptor is not null, it is used.
   * The context class loader of the current thread is used. 
   *
   * @param loader The "preferred" ClassLoader.
   * @return The loader to be used.
   */
  public static ClassLoader getClassLoader(ClassLoader loader) {
    if (loader != null) {
      return loader;
    }

    return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
  } // -- getClassLoader

  /**
   * Capsulates the ClassLoader.loadClass method to throw no exceptions but return null instead. Any
   * exception caught are logged with info severity.
   * 
   * @param classLoader the class loader to use
   * @param className the class to load
   * @return the loaded Class or null
   */
  public static Class loadClass(ClassLoader classLoader, String className) {
    if (classLoader == null) {
      String message = "Argument class loader must not be null";
      LOG.warn(message);
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(message);
    }

    if ((className == null) || (className.length() == 0)) {
      LOG.debug("Name of class to load is null or empty -> ignored!");
      return null;
    }

    try {
      return classLoader.loadClass(className);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
        LOG.debug("Ignored problem at loading class: " + className + " through class loader: "
            + classLoader + ", exception: " + e);
      }
      return null;
    }
  } // -- loadClass
}