classUtils.javassist
Class ByteArrayClassPath

java.lang.Object
  classUtils.javassist.ByteArrayClassPath

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClassPath

public class ByteArrayClassPath
extends java.lang.Object
implements ClassPath

A ByteArrayClassPath contains bytes that is served as a class file to a ClassPool. It is useful to convert a byte array to a CtClass object.

For example, if you want to convert a byte array b into a CtClass object representing the class with a name classname, then do as following:

 ClassPool cp = ClassPool.getDefault();
 cp.insertClassPath(new ByteArrayClassPath(classname, b));
 CtClass cc = cp.get(classname);
 

The ClassPool object cp uses the created ByteArrayClassPath object as the source of the class file.

A ByteArrayClassPath must be instantiated for every class. It contains only a single class file.

See Also:

ClassPath, ClassPool.insertClassPath(ClassPath), ClassPool.appendClassPath(ClassPath)

Constructor Summary

ByteArrayClassPath(java.lang.String name, byte[] classfile)

Method Summary

void	close() Closes this class path.
java.io.InputStream	openClassfile(java.lang.String classname) Opens a class file.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayClassPath

public ByteArrayClassPath(java.lang.String name,
                          byte[] classfile)

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Closes this class path.

Specified by:

close in interface ClassPath

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

openClassfile

public java.io.InputStream openClassfile(java.lang.String classname)

Opens a class file.

Specified by:

openClassfile in interface ClassPath

Parameters:

classname - a fully-qualified class name

Returns:

the input stream for reading a class file

See Also:

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