aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/libjava/java/util/logging/LogManager.java
blob: d6536e71d1cd332082d4bf17fb53ae055aea404a (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
/* LogManager.java
   -- a class for maintaining Loggers and managing configuration
      properties

Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU Classpath.

GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.

GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA.

Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
combination.

As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
exception statement from your version.

*/

package java.util.logging;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

/**
 * The <code>LogManager</code> maintains a hierarchical namespace
 * of Logger objects and manages properties for configuring the logging
 * framework. There exists only one single <code>LogManager</code>
 * per virtual machine. This instance can be retrieved using the
 * static method {@link #getLogManager()}.
 *
 * <p><strong>Configuration Process:</strong> The global LogManager
 * object is created and configured when the class
 * <code>java.util.logging.LogManager</code> is initialized.
 * The configuration process includes the subsequent steps:
 *
 * <ol>
 * <li>If the system property <code>java.util.logging.manager</code>
 *     is set to the name of a subclass of
 *     <code>java.util.logging.LogManager</code>, an instance of
 *     that subclass is created and becomes the global LogManager.
 *     Otherwise, a new instance of LogManager is created.</li>
 *     
 * <li>The <code>LogManager</code> constructor tries to create
 *     a new instance of the class specified by the system
 *     property <code>java.util.logging.config.class</code>.
 *     Typically, the constructor of this class will call
 *     <code>LogManager.getLogManager().readConfiguration(java.io.InputStream)</code>
 *     for configuring the logging framework.
 *     The configuration process stops at this point if
 *     the system property <code>java.util.logging.config.class</code>
 *     is set (irrespective of whether the class constructor
 *     could be called or an exception was thrown).</li>
 *
 * <li>If the system property <code>java.util.logging.config.class</code>
 *     is <em>not</em> set, the configuration parameters are read in from
 *     a file and passed to
 *     {@link #readConfiguration(java.io.InputStream)}.
 *     The name and location of this file are specified by the system
 *     property <code>java.util.logging.config.file</code>.</li>
 *
 * <li>If the system property <code>java.util.logging.config.file</code>
 *     is not set, however, the contents of the URL
 *     "{gnu.classpath.home.url}/logging.properties" are passed to
 *     {@link #readConfiguration(java.io.InputStream)}.
 *     Here, "{gnu.classpath.home.url}" stands for the value of
 *     the system property <code>gnu.classpath.home.url</code>.</li>
 * </ol>
 *
 * @author Sascha Brawer (brawer@acm.org)
 */
public class LogManager
{
  /**
   * The singleton LogManager instance.
   */
  private static LogManager logManager;
  

  /**
   * The registered named loggers; maps the name of a Logger to
   * a WeakReference to it.
   */
  private Map loggers;

  final Logger rootLogger;


  /**
   * The properties for the logging framework which have been
   * read in last.
   */
  private Properties properties;

  /**
   * A delegate object that provides support for handling
   * PropertyChangeEvents.  The API specification does not
   * mention which bean should be the source in the distributed
   * PropertyChangeEvents, but Mauve test code has determined that
   * the Sun J2SE 1.4 reference implementation uses the LogManager
   * class object. This is somewhat strange, as the class object
   * is not the bean with which listeners have to register, but
   * there is no reason for the GNU Classpath implementation to
   * behave differently from the reference implementation in
   * this case.
   */
  private final PropertyChangeSupport pcs
    = new PropertyChangeSupport(/* source bean */ LogManager.class);

  protected LogManager()
  {
    if (logManager != null)
      throw new IllegalStateException(
        "there can be only one LogManager; use LogManager.getLogManager()");

    logManager = this;
    loggers = new java.util.HashMap();
    rootLogger = new Logger("", null);
    addLogger(rootLogger);
    
    /* Make sure that Logger.global has the rootLogger as its parent.
     *
     * Logger.global is set during class initialization of Logger,
     * which may or may not be before this code is being executed.
     * For example, on the Sun 1.3.1 and 1.4.0 JVMs, Logger.global
     * has been set before this code is being executed. In contrast,
     * Logger.global still is null on GCJ 3.2.  Since the LogManager
     * and Logger classes are mutually dependent, both behaviors are
     * correct.
     *
     * This means that we cannot depend on Logger.global to have its
     * value when this code executes, although that variable is final.
     * Since Logger.getLogger will always return the same logger for
     * the same name, the subsequent line works fine irrespective of
     * the order in which classes are initialized.
     */
    Logger.getLogger("global").setParent(rootLogger);
  }


  /**
   * Returns the globally shared LogManager instance.
   */
  public static LogManager getLogManager()
  {
    return logManager;
  }

  static
  {
    makeLogManager();
    
    /* The Javadoc description of the class explains
     * what is going on here.
     */
    Object configurator = createInstance(
      System.getProperty("java.util.logging.config.class"),
      /* must be instance of */ Object.class);

    try
    {
      if (configurator == null)
        getLogManager().readConfiguration();
    }
    catch (IOException ex)
    {
      /* FIXME: Is it ok to ignore exceptions here? */
    }
  };
  

  private static LogManager makeLogManager()
  {
    String      managerClassName;
    LogManager  manager;

    managerClassName = System.getProperty("java.util.logging.manager");
    manager = (LogManager) createInstance(managerClassName, LogManager.class);
    if (manager != null)
      return manager;

    if (managerClassName != null)
      System.err.println("WARNING: System property \"java.util.logging.manager\""
			 + " should be the name of a subclass of java.util.logging.LogManager");

    return new LogManager();
  }


  /**
   * Registers a listener which will be notified when the
   * logging properties are re-read.
   */
  public synchronized void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)
  {
    /* do not register null. */
    listener.getClass();

    pcs.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
  }


  /**
   * Unregisters a listener.
   *
   * If <code>listener</code> has not been registered previously,
   * nothing happens.  Also, no exception is thrown if
   * <code>listener</code> is <code>null</code>.
   */
  public synchronized void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)
  {
    if (listener != null)
      pcs.removePropertyChangeListener(listener);
  }


  /**
   * Adds a named logger.  If a logger with the same name has
   * already been registered, the method returns <code>false</code>
   * without adding the logger.
   *
   * <p>The <code>LogManager</code> only keeps weak references
   * to registered loggers.  Therefore, names can become available
   * after automatic garbage collection.
   *
   * @param logger the logger to be added.
   *
   * @return <code>true<code>if <code>logger</code> was added,
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>name<code> is
   *         <code>null</code>.
   */
  public synchronized boolean addLogger(Logger logger)
  {
    /* To developers thinking about to remove the 'synchronized'
     * declaration from this method: Please read the comment
     * in java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(String, String)
     * and make sure that whatever you change wrt. synchronization
     * does not endanger thread-safety of Logger.getLogger.
     * The current implementation of Logger.getLogger assumes
     * that LogManager does its synchronization on the globally
     * shared instance of LogManager.
     */

    String name;
    WeakReference  ref;

    /* This will throw a NullPointerException if logger is null,
     * as required by the API specification.
     */
    name = logger.getName();

    ref = (WeakReference) loggers.get(name);
    if (ref != null)
    {
      if (ref.get() != null)
	return false;

      /* There has been a logger under this name in the past,
       * but it has been garbage collected.
       */
      loggers.remove(ref);
    }

    /* Adding a named logger requires a security permission. */
    if ((name != null) && !name.equals(""))
      checkAccess();

    Logger parent = findAncestor(logger);
    loggers.put(name, new WeakReference(logger));
    if (parent != logger.getParent())
      logger.setParent(parent);

    /* It can happen that existing loggers should be children of
     * the newly added logger. For example, assume that there
     * already exist loggers under the names "", "foo", and "foo.bar.baz".
     * When adding "foo.bar", the logger "foo.bar.baz" should change
     * its parent to "foo.bar".
     */
    if (parent != rootLogger)
    {
      for (Iterator iter = loggers.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
      {
        Logger possChild = (Logger) ((WeakReference) loggers.get(iter.next())).get();
        if ((possChild == null) || (possChild == logger) || (possChild.getParent() != parent))
	  continue;

	if (!possChild.getName().startsWith(name))
	  continue;

	if (possChild.getName().charAt(name.length()) != '.')
	  continue;

	possChild.setParent(logger);
      }
    }

    return true;
  }


  /**
   * Finds the closest ancestor for a logger among the currently
   * registered ones.  For example, if the currently registered
   * loggers have the names "", "foo", and "foo.bar", the result for
   * "foo.bar.baz" will be the logger whose name is "foo.bar".
   *
   * @param child a logger for whose name no logger has been
   *        registered.
   *
   * @return the closest ancestor for <code>child</code>,
   *         or <code>null</code> if <code>child</code>
   *         is the root logger.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>child</code>
   *         is <code>null</code>.
   */
  private synchronized Logger findAncestor(Logger child)
  {
    String childName = child.getName();
    Logger best = rootLogger;
    int    bestNameLength = 0;

    Logger  cand;
    String  candName;
    int     candNameLength;

    if (child == rootLogger)
      return null;

    for (Iterator iter = loggers.keySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
    {
      candName = (String) iter.next();
      candNameLength = candName.length();

      if ((candNameLength > bestNameLength)
	  && childName.startsWith(candName)
	  && (childName.charAt(candNameLength) == '.'))
      {
        cand = (Logger) ((WeakReference) loggers.get(candName)).get();
	if ((cand == null) || (cand == child))
	  continue;

	bestNameLength = candName.length();
	best = cand;
      }
    }

    return best;
  }


  /**
   * Returns a Logger given its name.
   *
   * @param name the name of the logger.
   *
   * @return a named Logger, or <code>null</code> if there is no
   *     logger with that name.
   *
   * @throw java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>name</code>
   *     is <code>null</code>.
   */
  public synchronized Logger getLogger(String name)
  {
    WeakReference  ref;

    /* Throw a NullPointerException if name is null. */
    name.getClass();

    ref = (WeakReference) loggers.get(name);
    if (ref != null)
      return (Logger) ref.get();
    else
      return null;
  }


  /**
   * Returns an Enumeration of currently registered Logger names.
   * Since other threads can register loggers at any time, the
   * result could be different any time this method is called.
   *
   * @return an Enumeration with the names of the currently
   *    registered Loggers.
   */
  public synchronized Enumeration getLoggerNames()
  {
    return Collections.enumeration(loggers.keySet());
  }


  /**
   * Resets the logging configuration by removing all handlers for
   * registered named loggers and setting their level to <code>null</code>.
   * The level of the root logger will be set to <code>Level.INFO</code>.
   *
   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and
   *         the caller is not granted the permission to control
   *         the logging infrastructure.
   */
  public synchronized void reset()
    throws SecurityException
  {
    /* Throw a SecurityException if the caller does not have the
     * permission to control the logging infrastructure.
     */
    checkAccess();

    properties = new Properties();

    Iterator iter = loggers.values().iterator();
    while (iter.hasNext())
    {
      WeakReference  ref;
      Logger         logger;

      ref = (WeakReference) iter.next();
      if (ref != null)
      {
	logger = (Logger) ref.get();

	if (logger == null)
	  iter.remove();
	else if (logger != rootLogger)
	  logger.setLevel(null);
      }
    }

    rootLogger.setLevel(Level.INFO);
  }


  /**
   * Configures the logging framework by reading a configuration file.
   * The name and location of this file are specified by the system
   * property <code>java.util.logging.config.file</code>.  If this
   * property is not set, the URL
   * "{gnu.classpath.home.url}/logging.properties" is taken, where
   * "{gnu.classpath.home.url}" stands for the value of the system
   * property <code>gnu.classpath.home.url</code>.
   *
   * <p>The task of configuring the framework is then delegated to
   * {@link #readConfiguration(java.io.InputStream)}, which will
   * notify registered listeners after having read the properties.
   *
   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and
   *         the caller is not granted the permission to control
   *         the logging infrastructure, or if the caller is
   *         not granted the permission to read the configuration
   *         file.
   *
   * @throws IOException if there is a problem reading in the
   *         configuration file.
   */
  public synchronized void readConfiguration()
    throws IOException, SecurityException
  {
    String       path;
    InputStream  inputStream;

    path = System.getProperty("java.util.logging.config.file");
    if ((path == null) || (path.length() == 0))
    {
      String url = (System.getProperty("gnu.classpath.home.url")
		    + "/logging.properties");
      inputStream = new URL(url).openStream();
    }
    else
    {
      inputStream = new java.io.FileInputStream(path);
    }

    try
    {
      readConfiguration(inputStream);
    }
    finally
    {
      /* Close the stream in order to save
       * resources such as file descriptors.
       */
      inputStream.close();
    }
  }


  public synchronized void readConfiguration(InputStream inputStream)
    throws IOException, SecurityException
  {
    Properties   newProperties;
    Enumeration  keys;

    checkAccess();
    newProperties = new Properties();
    newProperties.load(inputStream);
    this.properties = newProperties;    
    keys = newProperties.propertyNames();

    while (keys.hasMoreElements())
    {
      String key = (String) keys.nextElement();
      String value = newProperties.getProperty(key);

      if (value == null)
	continue;

      if (key.endsWith(".level"))
      {
	String loggerName = key.substring(0, key.length() - 6);
	Logger logger = getLogger(loggerName);
	if (logger != null)
	{
	  try
	  {
	    logger.setLevel(Level.parse(value));
	  }
	  catch (Exception _)
	  {
	  }
	  continue;
	}
      }
    }

    /* The API specification does not talk about the
     * property name that is distributed with the
     * PropertyChangeEvent.  With test code, it could
     * be determined that the Sun J2SE 1.4 reference
     * implementation uses null for the property name.
     */
    pcs.firePropertyChange(null, null, null);
  }

  
  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as a String.
   */
  public synchronized String getProperty(String name)
  {
    if (properties != null)
      return properties.getProperty(name);
    else
      return null;
  }


  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as an integer.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param name the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if its value is not an integer
   *        number.
   */
  static int getIntProperty(String name, int defaultValue)
  {
    try
    {
      return Integer.parseInt(getLogManager().getProperty(name));
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
      return defaultValue;
    }
  }


  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as an integer,
   * provided it is inside the acceptable range.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param name the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param minValue the lowest acceptable value.
   *
   * @param maxValue the highest acceptable value.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if its value is not an integer
   *        number, or if it is less than the minimum value,
   *        or if it is greater than the maximum value.
   */
  static int getIntPropertyClamped(String name, int defaultValue,
				   int minValue, int maxValue)
  {
    int val = getIntProperty(name, defaultValue);
    if ((val < minValue) || (val > maxValue))
      val = defaultValue;
    return val;
  }


  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as a boolean.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param name the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if its value is neither
   *        <code>"true"</code> nor <code>"false"</code>.
   */
  static boolean getBooleanProperty(String name, boolean defaultValue)
  {
    try
    {
      return (new Boolean(getLogManager().getProperty(name)))
        .booleanValue();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
      return defaultValue;
    }
  }


  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as a Level.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param propertyName the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if
   *        {@link Level.parse(java.lang.String)} does not like
   *        the property value.
   */
  static Level getLevelProperty(String propertyName, Level defaultValue)
  {
    try
    {
      return Level.parse(getLogManager().getProperty(propertyName));
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
      return defaultValue;
    }
  }


  /**
   * Returns the value of a configuration property as a Class.
   * This function is a helper used by the Classpath implementation
   * of java.util.logging, it is <em>not</em> specified in the
   * logging API.
   *
   * @param propertyName the name of the configuration property.
   *
   * @param defaultValue the value that will be returned if the
   *        property is not defined, or if it does not specify
   *        the name of a loadable class.
   */
  static final Class getClassProperty(String propertyName, Class defaultValue)
  {
    Class usingClass = null;

    try
    {
      String propertyValue = logManager.getProperty(propertyName);
      if (propertyValue != null)
        usingClass = Class.forName(propertyValue);
      if (usingClass != null)
        return usingClass;
    }
    catch (Exception _)
    {
    }

    return defaultValue;
  }


  static final Object getInstanceProperty(String propertyName,
					  Class ofClass,
					  Class defaultClass)
  {
    Class klass = getClassProperty(propertyName, defaultClass);
    if (klass == null)
      return null;

    try
    {
      Object obj = klass.newInstance();
      if (ofClass.isInstance(obj))
	return obj;
    }
    catch (Exception _)
    {
    }

    if (defaultClass == null)
      return null;

    try
    {
      return defaultClass.newInstance();
    }
    catch (java.lang.InstantiationException ex)
    {
      throw new RuntimeException(ex.getMessage());
    }
    catch (java.lang.IllegalAccessException ex)
    {
      throw new RuntimeException(ex.getMessage());
    }
  }


  /**
   * An instance of <code>LoggingPermission("control")</code>
   * that is shared between calls to <code>checkAccess()</code>.
   */
  private static final LoggingPermission controlPermission
    = new LoggingPermission("control", null);


  /**
   * Checks whether the current security context allows changing
   * the configuration of the logging framework.  For the security
   * context to be trusted, it has to be granted
   * a LoggingPermission("control").
   *
   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and
   *         the caller is not granted the permission to control
   *         the logging infrastructure.
   */
  public void checkAccess()
    throws SecurityException
  {
    SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPermission(controlPermission);
  }


  /** 
   * Creates a new instance of a class specified by name.
   *
   * @param className the name of the class of which a new instance
   *        should be created.
   *       
   * @param ofClass the class to which the new instance should
   *        be either an instance or an instance of a subclass.
   *        FIXME: This description is just terrible.
   *
   * @return the new instance, or <code>null</code> if
   *         <code>className</code> is <code>null</code>, if no class
   *         with that name could be found, if there was an error
   *         loading that class, or if the constructor of the class
   *         has thrown an exception.
   */
  static final Object createInstance(String className, Class ofClass)
  {
    Class   klass;

    if ((className == null) || (className.length() == 0))
      return null;

    try
    {
      klass = Class.forName(className);
      if (!ofClass.isAssignableFrom(klass))
	return null;

      return klass.newInstance();
    }
    catch (Exception _)
    {
      return null;
    }
    catch (java.lang.LinkageError _)
    {
      return null;
    }
  }
}