net.bytebuddy.dynamic

Interface ClassFileLocator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AgentBuilder.BinaryLocator.Default.Initialized, ClassFileLocator.AgentBased, ClassFileLocator.Compound, ClassFileLocator.ForClassLoader

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.ForClassLoader A class file locator that queries a class loader for binary representations of class files.
static interface	ClassFileLocator.Resolution Represents a class file as binary data.

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 typeName) 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

locate

ClassFileLocator.Resolution locate(String typeName)
                            throws IOException

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

Parameters:

typeName - 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.