[SAMZA-2204] Consolidate some reflection-related utility methods into a common class

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.3
• Assignee: Cameron Lee
• Reporter: Cameron Lee
• Created: 21/May/19 23:14
• Updated: 07/Nov/19 00:06
• Resolved: 28/May/19 23:06

Description

Both samza-core and samza-sql have some reflection-related utility methods. It would be good to consolidate those into a common class.

Also, add method which uses reflection to load a class using a specified classloader. Then, we can evolve the reflection usage in Samza to be able to choose the classloader to use when doing reflection.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1044