org.codehaus.commons.compiler.util.reflect

Class ByteArrayClassLoader

java.lang.Object

java.lang.ClassLoader

org.codehaus.commons.compiler.util.reflect.ByteArrayClassLoader

public class ByteArrayClassLoader
extends ClassLoader

This ClassLoader allows for the loading of a set of Java classes provided in class file format.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ByteArrayClassLoader(Map<String,byte[]> classes) The given Map of classes must not be modified afterwards.
ByteArrayClassLoader(Map<String,byte[]> classes, ClassLoader parent)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Class<?>	findClass(String name) Implements ClassLoader.findClass(String).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, 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

ByteArrayClassLoader

public ByteArrayClassLoader(Map<String,byte[]> classes)

The given Map of classes must not be modified afterwards.

Parameters:

classes - String className => byte[] data, or String classFileName => byte[] data

ByteArrayClassLoader

public ByteArrayClassLoader(Map<String,byte[]> classes,
                            ClassLoader parent)

Parameters:

classes - String className => byte[] data, or String classFileName => byte[] data

Method Detail

findClass

protected Class<?> findClass(@Nullable
                             String name)
                      throws ClassNotFoundException

Implements ClassLoader.findClass(String).

Notice that, although nowhere documented, no more than one thread at a time calls this method, because ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String) is synchronized.

Overrides:

findClass in class ClassLoader

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException