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/**
* Copyright 2015 Peter Nerg
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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package javascalautils.concurrent;
import static javascalautils.TryCompanion.Try;
import javascalautils.Failure;
import javascalautils.Success;
import javascalautils.Try;
/**
* Class with utilities for reflective operations.
* This class is not intended for public usage, it's a library internal helper.
*
* @author Peter Nerg
* @since 1.4
*/
final class ReflectionUtil {
/**
* Inhibitive constructor.
*/
private ReflectionUtil() {
}
/**
* Attempts to create an instance of the provided class.
* This expects the class to be public and have a public (default) constructor with no arguments.
*
* @param
* The expected to be returned by this method
* @param className
* The name of the class
* @return The result, either {@link Success Success(T)} with the instance or {@link Failure Failure(Throwable)} in case of failure
* @since 1.4
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
static Try newInstance(String className) {
return Try(() -> (T) Class.forName(className).newInstance());
}
}