/jEdit/tags/jedit-4-2-pre4/bsh/commands/getClass.bsh

 1/**
 2	Get a class through the current namespace utilizing the current imports,
 3	extended classloader, etc.
 4	<p>
 5
 6	This is equivalent to the standard Class.forName() method for class loading,
 7	however it takes advantage of the BeanShell class manager so that added 
 8	classpath will be taken into account.  You can also use Class.forName(), 
 9	however if you have modified the classpath or reloaded classes from within 
10	your script the modifications will only appear if you use the getClass() 
11	command.
12*/
13bsh.help.getClass= "usage: getClass( String name )";
14
15Class getClass( String name ) {
16	return this.caller.namespace.getClass( name );
17}
18