org.biojava.utils.bytecode
Class GeneratedClassLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      org.biojava.utils.bytecode.GeneratedClassLoader

public class GeneratedClassLoader
extends ClassLoader

A class loader that actually produces real Java classes from GeneratedCodeClass instances.

Author:

Thomas Down, Matthew Pocock

Constructor Summary

GeneratedClassLoader()
Create a new loader with the default parent.

GeneratedClassLoader(ClassLoader parent)
Create a new loader with an explicitly set parent class loader.

Method Summary

Class	defineClass(GeneratedCodeClass cc) Define a class based upon a GeneratedCodeClass.
boolean	hasGeneratedClass(String name) Discover if a class for this name has already been defined by this class loader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findClass, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findResource, findResources, findSystemClass, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, loadClass, 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

GeneratedClassLoader

public GeneratedClassLoader()

Create a new loader with the default parent.

GeneratedClassLoader

public GeneratedClassLoader(ClassLoader parent)

Create a new loader with an explicitly set parent class loader.

Parameters:

parent - the parent ClassLoader

Method Detail

defineClass

public Class defineClass(GeneratedCodeClass cc)
                  throws CodeException

Define a class based upon a GeneratedCodeClass.

Parameters:

cc - the GeneratedCodeClass to define

Returns:

the newly defined class

Throws:

CodeException - if there was a failure defining the class

hasGeneratedClass

public boolean hasGeneratedClass(String name)

Discover if a class for this name has already been defined by this class loader.

Parameters:

name - the name of the class

Returns:

true if the class has already been defined by this loader