content: /**
   * This file is part of Aion-Lightning <aion-lightning.org>.
   *
   *  Aion-Lightning is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   *  (at your option) any later version.
   *
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   *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   *  GNU General Public License for more details. *
   *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   *  along with Aion-Lightning.
   *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
   */
  
  package com.aionemu.commons.configuration.transformers;
  
  import java.lang.reflect.Field;
  
  import com.aionemu.commons.configuration.PropertyTransformer;
  import com.aionemu.commons.configuration.TransformationException;
  
  /**
   * Returns the <code>Class</code> object associated with the class or interface
   * with the given string name. The class is not being initialized. <br />
   * Created on: 12.09.2009 15:10:47
   * 
   * @see Class#forName(String)
   * @see Class#forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader)
   * @author Aquanox
   */
  public class ClassTransformer implements PropertyTransformer<Class<?>> {
  
  	/** Shared instance. */
  	public static final ClassTransformer SHARED_INSTANCE = new ClassTransformer();
  
  	@Override
  	public Class<?> transform(String value, Field field) throws TransformationException {
  		try {
  			return Class.forName(value, false, getClass().getClassLoader());
  		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
  			throw new TransformationException("Cannot find class with name '" + value + "'");
  		}
  	}
  }
  