org.apache.bcel.util
Interface Repository

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassLoaderRepository, SyntheticRepository

public interface Repository

extends java.io.Serializable

Abstract definition of a class repository. Instances may be used to load classes from different sources and may be used in the Repository.setRepository method.

Version:

$Id: Repository.java,v 1.5 2002/12/08 16:04:38 mdahm Exp $

Author:

M. Dahm, David Dixon-Peugh

See Also:

Repository

Method Summary

void	clear() Clear all entries from cache.
JavaClass	findClass(java.lang.String className) Find the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, return NULL.
JavaClass	loadClass(java.lang.Class clazz) Find the JavaClass instance for the given run-time class object
JavaClass	loadClass(java.lang.String className) Find the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, make an attempt to load it.
void	removeClass(JavaClass clazz) Remove class from repository
void	storeClass(JavaClass clazz) Store the provided class under "clazz.getClassName()"

Method Detail

storeClass

public void storeClass(JavaClass clazz)

Store the provided class under "clazz.getClassName()"

removeClass

public void removeClass(JavaClass clazz)

Remove class from repository

findClass

public JavaClass findClass(java.lang.String className)

Find the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, return NULL.

loadClass

public JavaClass loadClass(java.lang.String className)
                    throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Find the class with the name provided, if the class isn't there, make an attempt to load it.

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

loadClass

public JavaClass loadClass(java.lang.Class clazz)
                    throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Find the JavaClass instance for the given run-time class object

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

clear

public void clear()

Clear all entries from cache.