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DWR is easy Ajax for Java. It makes it simple to call Java code directly from Javascript. It gets rid of almost all the boiler plate code between the web browser and your Java code.

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/*
 * Copyright 2005 Joe Walker
 *
 * 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.directwebremoting.create;

import org.directwebremoting.extend.AbstractCreator;
import org.directwebremoting.extend.Creator;
import org.directwebremoting.util.LocalUtil;

/**
 * A creator that simply uses the default constructor each time it is called.
 * @author Joe Walker [joe at getahead dot ltd dot uk]
 */
public class NewCreator extends AbstractCreator implements Creator
{
    /**
     * What sort of class do we create?
     * @param classname The name of the class
     */
    public void setClass(String classname)
    {
        try
        {
            clazz = LocalUtil.classForName(classname);
            if (getJavascript() == null)
            {
                setJavascript(clazz.getSimpleName());
            }
        }
        catch (ExceptionInInitializerError ex)
        {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Error loading class: " + classname, ex);
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException ex)
        {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Class not found: " + classname, ex);
        }
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.directwebremoting.Creator#getType()
     */
    public Class getType()
    {
        return clazz;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.directwebremoting.Creator#getInstance()
     */
    public Object getInstance() throws InstantiationException
    {
        try
        {
            return clazz.newInstance();
        }
        catch (IllegalAccessException ex)
        {
            throw new InstantiationException("Illegal Access to default constructor on " + clazz.getName());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Sets the class name to create.
     * @param className The name of the class to create
     */
    public void setClassName(String className)
    {
        setClass(className);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the name of the class to create.
     * @return The name of the class to create
     */
    public String getClassName()
    {
        return getType().getName();
    }

    /**
     * The type of the class that we are creating
     */
    private Class clazz;
}