com.sun.jbi.ui.common

Class Util

java.lang.Object

com.sun.jbi.ui.common.Util

public class Util
extends Object

This object provides utility methods common for client or server side code for tools.

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Util()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static I18NBundle	getCommonI18NBundle() gives the I18N bundle
static String	getHostName(String aHostName) This method will return the return the host address information for the given host name in the format of / .
static boolean	isLocalHost(String host) This method checks that the host name is a localhost or a remote host.
static void	logDebug(Exception ex) logs the message
static void	logDebug(Logger logger, Exception ex) logs the message
static void	logDebug(String msg) prints the string to debug output
static Object	newInstance(String type, String arg) This method creates a new object of specified type using the reflection apis.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Util

public Util()

Method Detail

getCommonI18NBundle

public static I18NBundle getCommonI18NBundle()

gives the I18N bundle

Returns:

I18NBundle object

logDebug

public static void logDebug(String msg)

prints the string to debug output

Parameters:

msg - text to print

logDebug

public static void logDebug(Logger logger,
            Exception ex)

logs the message

Parameters:

logger - logger

ex - exception

logDebug

public static void logDebug(Exception ex)

logs the message

Parameters:

ex - exception

newInstance

public static Object newInstance(String type,
                 String arg)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException,
                                 NoSuchMethodException,
                                 InstantiationException,
                                 IllegalAccessException,
                                 InvocationTargetException,
                                 IllegalArgumentException

This method creates a new object of specified type using the reflection apis. It instantiate the object using its constructor that takes String as a argument. This is mainly used to convert the string value to a specified object type.

Parameters:

type - the fully qualified name of the desired class

arg - String value to be passed to the class constructor

Returns:

constrcuted object of the type specified with the string value

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - on error

NoSuchMethodException - on error

InstantiationException - on error

IllegalAccessException - on error

InvocationTargetException - on error

IllegalArgumentException - on error

isLocalHost

public static boolean isLocalHost(String host)
                           throws UnknownHostException

This method checks that the host name is a localhost or a remote host. This method compares the host name on which this method is getting executes with the host name that is passed to this method. if the comparison matches it returns true.

Parameters:

host - host name to check for local or remote host.

Returns:

true if the host name passed is a localhost else false.

Throws:

UnknownHostException - on errror.

getHostName

public static String getHostName(String aHostName)
                          throws UnknownHostException

This method will return the return the host address information for the given host name in the format of / .

Parameters:

host - the name of the host (ip address string or name of host).

Returns:

the host name in the format of /

Throws:

UnknownHostException - on error.