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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;
import java.util.zip.Checksum;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;

/**
 * Utility class that is used to generate a Checksum object.
 * The Checksum implementation is pluggable and an application
 * can specify their own class that implements their own
 * Checksum algorithm.
 */
public class ChecksumFactory {

  static private final Class<?>[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Class[]{};

  /**
   * Create a new instance of a Checksum object.
   * @return The newly created Checksum object
   */
  static public Checksum newInstance(String className) throws IOException {
    try {
      Class<?> clazz = getClassByName(className);
      return (Checksum)newInstance(clazz);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      throw new IOException(e);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a Constructor that can be used to create a Checksum object.
   * @return The Constructor that can be used to create a 
   * new Checksum object.
   * @param theClass classname for which an constructor is created
   * @return a new Constructor object
   */
  static public Constructor<?> newConstructor(String className) 
    throws IOException {
    try {
      Class<?> clazz = getClassByName(className);
      Constructor<?> ctor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor(EMPTY_ARRAY);
      ctor.setAccessible(true);
      return ctor;
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      throw new IOException(e);
    } catch (java.lang.NoSuchMethodException e) {
      throw new IOException(e);
    }
  }

  /** Create an object for the given class and initialize it from conf
   *
   * @param theClass class of which an object is created
   * @return a new object
   */
  static private <T> T newInstance(Class<T> theClass) {
    T result;
    try {
      Constructor<T> ctor = theClass.getDeclaredConstructor(EMPTY_ARRAY);
      ctor.setAccessible(true);
      result = ctor.newInstance();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Load a class by name.
   * @param name the class name.
   * @return the class object.
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class is not found.
   */
  static private Class<?> getClassByName(String name) 
    throws ClassNotFoundException {
    ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
    return Class.forName(name, true, classLoader);
  }
}