ComponentClassCache (Tapestry API - 5.7.0)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComponentClassCacheImpl
```
public interface ComponentClassCache
```
A cache for converting between class names and component (or other) classes. For component classes, ensures that the class is the transformed class.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`defaultValueForType(String className)`	Computes the default value for a field of the given type, returns the appropriate default value.
`Class`	`forName(String className)`	Gets the Class instance for the given fully-qualified class name.

- Method Detail
  - forName
```
Class forName(String className)
```
    Gets the Class instance for the given fully-qualified class name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    className - fully qualified class name, or a primitive type name, or an array name (in source format)
    
    Returns:
    
    the class instance
  - defaultValueForType
```
Object defaultValueForType(String className)
```
    Computes the default value for a field of the given type, returns the appropriate default value. This is typically null, but may be false (for a primitive boolean) or some version of 0 (for a primitive numeric field). Wrapper types will still be null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    className - type of field
    
    Since:
    
    5.2.0