Method Detail

• instantiate

  @Deprecated
  public static java.lang.Object instantiate(java.lang.String className)

  Deprecated. Use ClassUtil.instantiate(String).
  Returns an instance of the given class name, by calling the default constructor.

  Parameters:

  className - The class name to load and to instantiate.

  Returns:

  The new instance of the class name.

  Throws:

  CannotInstantiateObjectException - If something goes wrong during instantiation.

• instantiate

  @Deprecated
  public static java.lang.Object instantiate(java.lang.String className,
                                        boolean returnNull)

  Deprecated. Use ClassUtil.instantiate(String, boolean).
  Returns an instance of the given class name, by calling the default constructor.

  Parameters:

  className - The class name to load and to instantiate.

  returnNull - If true, if the class is not found it returns true, otherwise it throws a TilesException.

  Returns:

  The new instance of the class name.

  Throws:

  CannotInstantiateObjectException - If something goes wrong during instantiation.