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 */

//  Contributors:
//      gonural - initial
package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.rs.util;

/**
 * Factory class to create concrete subclasses of abstract classes.
 *
 * This class is used in JPA-RS JAXB mappings to create InstantiationPolicy for abstract classes
 * @see PreLoginMappingAdapter
 *
 * @author gonural
 *
 */
public class ConcreteSubclassFactory {

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    private Class clazz = null;

    /**
     * Instantiates a new concrete subclass factory.
     *
     * @param clazz the clazz
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    public ConcreteSubclassFactory(Class clazz) {
        super();
        this.clazz = clazz;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new ConcreteSubclass object.
     *
     * @return the object
     * @throws ReflectiveOperationException for errors
     */
    public Object createConcreteSubclass() throws ReflectiveOperationException {
        return clazz.getConstructor().newInstance();
    }
}