Package opennlp.tools.util.ext

Class ExtensionLoader

java.lang.Object

opennlp.tools.util.ext.ExtensionLoader

public class ExtensionLoader
extends Object

The ExtensionLoader is responsible to load extensions to the OpenNLP library.

Note: Do not use this class, internal use only!

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> T	instantiateExtension(Class<T> clazz, String extensionClassName)	Instantiates an user provided extension to OpenNLP.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

instantiateExtension

public static <T> T instantiateExtension(Class<T> clazz,
                                         String extensionClassName)

Instantiates an user provided extension to OpenNLP.

The extension is either loaded from the class path or if running inside an OSGi environment via an OSGi service.

Initially it tries using the public default constructor. If it is not found, it will check if the class follows the singleton pattern: a static field named INSTANCE that returns an object of the type T.

Parameters:

clazz -

extensionClassName -

Returns:

the instance of the extension class