public class GeneratedClassLoader
extends ClassLoader 

Author:

Thomas Down, Matthew Pocock

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor and Description
  GeneratedClassLoader () Create a new loader with the default parent.
  GeneratedClassLoader (ClassLoader parent) Create a new loader with an explicitly set parent class loader.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  Class	defineClass (GeneratedCodeClass cc) Define a class based upon a GeneratedCodeClass.
  boolean	hasGeneratedClass (String name) Discover if a class for this name has already been defined by this class loader.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

    clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findClass, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findResource, findResources, findSystemClass, getClassLoadingLock, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, loadClass, registerAsParallelCapable, resolveClass, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus, setSigners

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Detail

  • GeneratedClassLoader

    public GeneratedClassLoader()

    Create a new loader with the default parent.

  • GeneratedClassLoader

    public GeneratedClassLoader(ClassLoader parent)

    Create a new loader with an explicitly set parent class loader.

    Parameters:

    parent - the parent ClassLoader

• Method Detail

  • defineClass

    public Class defineClass(GeneratedCodeClass cc)
     throws CodeException 

    Define a class based upon a GeneratedCodeClass.

    Parameters:

    cc - the GeneratedCodeClass to define

    Returns:

    the newly defined class

    Throws:

    CodeException - if there was a failure defining the class

  • hasGeneratedClass

    public boolean hasGeneratedClass(String name)

    Discover if a class for this name has already been defined by this class loader.

    Parameters:

    name - the name of the class

    Returns:

    true if the class has already been defined by this loader