classUtils.javassist
Interface ClassPath

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayClassPath, LoaderClassPath, URLClassPath

public interface ClassPath

ClassPath is an interface implemented by objects representing a class search path. ClassPool uses those objects for reading class files. The users can define a class implementing this interface so that a class file is obtained from a non-standard source.

See Also:

ClassPool.insertClassPath(ClassPath), ClassPool.appendClassPath(ClassPath), ClassPool.removeClassPath(ClassPath)

Method Summary

void	close() This method is invoked when the ClassPath object is detached from the search path.
java.io.InputStream	openClassfile(java.lang.String classname) Opens a class file.

Method Detail

openClassfile

java.io.InputStream openClassfile(java.lang.String classname)
                                  throws NotFoundException

Opens a class file. This method may be called just to examine whether the class file exists as well as to read the contents of the file.

This method can return null if the specified class file is not found. If null is returned, the next search path is examined. However, if an error happens, this method must throw an exception so that the search is terminated.

This method should not modify the contents of the class file. Use javassist.Translator for modification.

Parameters:

classname - a fully-qualified class name

Returns:

the input stream for reading a class file

Throws:

NotFoundException

See Also:

Translator

close

void close()

This method is invoked when the ClassPath object is detached from the search path. It will be an empty method in most of classes.