Package org.easymock.internal

Interface IClassInstantiator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultClassInstantiator, ObjenesisClassInstantiator

public interface IClassInstantiator

Used to instantiate a given class.

Author:

Henri Tremblay

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.Object	newInstance(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)	Return a new instance of the specified class.

Method Detail

newInstance

java.lang.Object newInstance(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)
                      throws java.lang.InstantiationException

Return a new instance of the specified class. The recommended way is without calling any constructor. This is usually done by doing like ObjectInputStream.readObject() which is JVM specific.

Parameters:

clazz - class to instantiate

Returns:

new instance of clazz

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException - when an error occured during instantiation