/**
* INTERNAL:
* translate validation group specified as fully qualifed class names deliminated by ',' into Class[]
* @param validationGroups Array of "," deliminated fully qualified class names
* @param appClassLoader The classloader for application
* @return Array of classes corresponding to classnames in given <code>validationGroups</code>.
* <code>null<code> if given <code>validationGroups</code> is null or empty
*/
private Class[] translateValidationGroups(String validationGroups, ClassLoader appClassLoader) {
Class[] validationGroupsClasses = null;
if (validationGroups != null && validationGroups.length() != 0) {
String[] validationGroupClassNames = validationGroups.split(",");
validationGroupsClasses = new Class[validationGroupClassNames.length];
for (int i = 0; i < validationGroupClassNames.length; i++) {
String validationGroupClassName = validationGroupClassNames[i];
try {
validationGroupsClasses[i] = loadClass(validationGroupClassName, appClassLoader);
} catch (Exception e) {
throw PersistenceUnitLoadingException
.exceptionLoadingClassWhileInitializingValidationGroups(
validationGroupClassName, e);
}
}
}
return validationGroupsClasses;
}
