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package com.sun.beans.decoder;

This class is intended to handle <class> element. This element specifies Class values. The result value is created from text of the body of this element. The body parsing is described in the class StringElementHandler. For example:
<class>java.lang.Class</class>
is shortcut to
<method name="forName" class="java.lang.Class">
    <string>java.lang.Class</string>
</method>
which is equivalent to Class.forName("java.lang.Class") in Java code.

The following attribute is supported:

id
the identifier of the variable that is intended to store the result
Author:Sergey A. Malenkov
Since:1.7
/** * This class is intended to handle &lt;class&gt; element. * This element specifies {@link Class} values. * The result value is created from text of the body of this element. * The body parsing is described in the class {@link StringElementHandler}. * For example:<pre> * &lt;class&gt;java.lang.Class&lt;/class&gt;</pre> * is shortcut to<pre> * &lt;method name="forName" class="java.lang.Class"&gt; * &lt;string&gt;java.lang.Class&lt;/string&gt; * &lt;/method&gt;</pre> * which is equivalent to {@code Class.forName("java.lang.Class")} in Java code. * <p>The following attribute is supported: * <dl> * <dt>id * <dd>the identifier of the variable that is intended to store the result * </dl> * * @since 1.7 * * @author Sergey A. Malenkov */
final class ClassElementHandler extends StringElementHandler {
Creates class by the name from the text of the body of this element.
Params:
  • argument – the text of the body
Returns:evaluated Class value
/** * Creates class by the name from * the text of the body of this element. * * @param argument the text of the body * @return evaluated {@code Class} value */
@Override public Object getValue(String argument) { return getOwner().findClass(argument); } }