org.plumelib.reflection

Class ReflectionPlume.PromiscuousLoader

java.lang.Object

java.lang.ClassLoader

org.plumelib.reflection.ReflectionPlume.PromiscuousLoader

Enclosing class:

ReflectionPlume

private static class ReflectionPlume.PromiscuousLoader
extends java.lang.ClassLoader

This static nested class has no purpose but to define defineClassFromFile. ClassLoader.defineClass is protected, so I subclass ClassLoader in order to call defineClass.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	PromiscuousLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class<?>	defineClassFromFile(@BinaryName java.lang.String className, java.lang.String pathname) Converts the bytes in a file into an instance of class Class, and also resolves (links) the class.

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

PromiscuousLoader

private PromiscuousLoader()

Method Detail

defineClassFromFile

public java.lang.Class<?> defineClassFromFile(@BinaryName java.lang.String className,
                                              java.lang.String pathname)
                                       throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                                              java.io.IOException

Converts the bytes in a file into an instance of class Class, and also resolves (links) the class. Delegates the real work to defineClass.

Parameters:

className - the expected binary name of the class to define, or null if not known

pathname - the file from which to load the class

Returns:

the Class object that was created

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the file does not exist

java.io.IOException - if there is trouble reading the file

See Also:

ClassLoader.defineClass(String,byte[],int,int)