Package EDU.purdue.cs.bloat.reflect

Interface ClassInfoLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassFileLoader, JarFileCommitter

public interface ClassInfoLoader

ClassInfoLoader provides an interface for loading classes. Implementing classes can load classes from a file, from the JVM, or elsewhere.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassInfo	loadClass(java.lang.String name)	Load a class.
ClassInfo	newClass(int modifiers, int classIndex, int superClassIndex, int[] interfaceIndexes, java.util.List constants)	Creates a new class or interface.
java.io.OutputStream	outputStreamFor(ClassInfo info)	Returns an OutputStream to which a class should be written.

Method Detail

loadClass

ClassInfo loadClass(java.lang.String name)
             throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Load a class.

Parameters:

name - The name of the class to load, including the package name.

Returns:

A ClassInfo for the class.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - The class cannot be found in the class path.

See Also:

ClassInfo

newClass

ClassInfo newClass(int modifiers,
                   int classIndex,
                   int superClassIndex,
                   int[] interfaceIndexes,
                   java.util.List constants)

Creates a new class or interface.

Parameters:

modifiers - The modifiers describing the newly-created class

classIndex - The index of the name of the newly-created class in its constant pool

superClassIndex - The index of the name of the newly-created class's superclass in its constant pool

interfaceIndexes - The indexes of the names of the interfaces that the newly-created class implements

constants - The constant pool for the newly created class (a list of Constants).

outputStreamFor

java.io.OutputStream outputStreamFor(ClassInfo info)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Returns an OutputStream to which a class should be written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException