net.bytebuddy.dynamic.scaffold.inline

Interface ClassFileLocator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassFileLocator.AgentBased, ClassFileLocator.Compound, ClassFileLocator.Default

public interface ClassFileLocator

Locates a class file or its byte array representation when it is given its type description.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	ClassFileLocator.AgentBased A Java agent that allows the location of class files by emulating a retransformation.
static class	ClassFileLocator.Compound A compound ClassFileLocator that chains several locators.
static class	ClassFileLocator.Default Default implementations for a ClassFileLocator.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CLASS_FILE_EXTENSION The file extension for a Java class file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TypeDescription.BinaryRepresentation	classFileFor(TypeDescription typeDescription) Locates the class file for a given type and returns the binary data of the class file.

Field Detail

CLASS_FILE_EXTENSION

static final String CLASS_FILE_EXTENSION

The file extension for a Java class file.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

classFileFor

TypeDescription.BinaryRepresentation classFileFor(TypeDescription typeDescription)
                                           throws IOException

Locates the class file for a given type and returns the binary data of the class file.

Parameters:

typeDescription - The description of the type for which a class file is to be located.

Returns:

Any binary representation of the type which might be illegal.

Throws:

IOException - If reading a class file causes an error.