001 /** 002 * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved. 003 * 004 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under 005 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free 006 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) 007 * any later version. 008 * 009 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 010 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS 011 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more 012 * details. 013 */ 014 015 package com.liferay.portal.kernel.util; 016 017 /** 018 * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan 019 */ 020 public class InstanceFactory { 021 022 public static Object newInstance(String className) throws Exception { 023 return newInstance(null, className); 024 } 025 026 public static Object newInstance(ClassLoader classLoader, String className) 027 throws Exception { 028 029 if (classLoader == null) { 030 Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread(); 031 032 classLoader = currentThread.getContextClassLoader(); 033 } 034 035 Class<?> classObj = classLoader.loadClass(className); 036 037 return classObj.newInstance(); 038 } 039 040 }