org.dellroad.jc
Class JCFinder

java.lang.Object
  org.dellroad.jc.JCFinder

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClassfileFinder

public class JCFinder

extends Object

implements ClassfileFinder

Gateway into the JC virtual machine for retrieving class files.

Constructor Summary

JCFinder(ClassLoader loader)
Create a new finder that uses the given class loader to pull in not-before-seen class files as necessary.

Method Summary

byte[]	getClassfile(String className) Retrieve the class file that is used to define the named class.
long	getClassfileHash(String className) Return the hash of the bytes that would be returned by getClassfile() with the same arguments.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JCFinder

public JCFinder(ClassLoader loader)

Create a new finder that uses the given class loader to pull in not-before-seen class files as necessary.

Method Detail

getClassfile

public byte[] getClassfile(String className)
                    throws ClassNotFoundException

Description copied from interface: ClassfileFinder

Retrieve the class file that is used to define the named class. This is a capability specific to the JC virtual machine.

Specified by:

getClassfile in interface ClassfileFinder

Parameters:

className - Class name (with slashes, not dots)

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if class is not found

getClassfileHash

public long getClassfileHash(String className)
                      throws ClassNotFoundException

Description copied from interface: ClassfileFinder

Return the hash of the bytes that would be returned by getClassfile() with the same arguments. The hash of a class file is defined as the last 16 bytes of the MD5 of the class file.

Specified by:

getClassfileHash in interface ClassfileFinder

Parameters:

className - Class name (with slashes, not dots)

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if class is not found