net.bytebuddy.dynamic

Interface ClassFileLocator

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassFileLocator.Compound, ClassFileLocator.ForClassLoader, ClassFileLocator.ForClassLoader.WeaklyReferenced, ClassFileLocator.ForFolder, ClassFileLocator.ForInstrumentation, ClassFileLocator.ForJarFile, ClassFileLocator.ForModule, ClassFileLocator.ForModule.WeaklyReferenced, ClassFileLocator.ForModuleFile, ClassFileLocator.ForUrl, ClassFileLocator.NoOp, ClassFileLocator.PackageDiscriminating, ClassFileLocator.Simple

public interface ClassFileLocator
extends Closeable

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.Compound A compound ClassFileLocator that chains several locators.
static class	ClassFileLocator.ForClassLoader A class file locator that queries a class loader for binary representations of class files.
static class	ClassFileLocator.ForFolder A class file locator that finds files from a standardized Java folder structure with folders donating packages and class files being saved as <classname>.class files within their package folder.
static class	ClassFileLocator.ForInstrumentation A Java agent that allows the location of class files by emulating a retransformation.
static class	ClassFileLocator.ForJarFile A class file locator that locates classes within a Java jar file.
static class	ClassFileLocator.ForModule A class file locator that locates class files by querying a Java module's getResourceAsStream method.
static class	ClassFileLocator.ForModuleFile A class file locator that locates classes within a Java jmod file.
static class	ClassFileLocator.ForUrl A class file locator that reads class files from one or several URLs.
static class	ClassFileLocator.NoOp A class file locator that cannot locate any class files.
static class	ClassFileLocator.PackageDiscriminating A class file locator that discriminates by a type's package.
static interface	ClassFileLocator.Resolution Represents a class file as binary data.
static class	ClassFileLocator.Simple A simple class file locator that returns class files from a selection of given types.

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
ClassFileLocator.Resolution	locate(String name) Locates the class file for a given type and returns the binary data of the class file.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

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

locate

ClassFileLocator.Resolution locate(String name)
                            throws IOException

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

Parameters:

name - The name of the type to locate a class file representation for.

Returns:

Any binary representation of the type which might be illegal.

Throws:

IOException - If reading a class file causes an error.