Module openj9.sharedclasses

Package com.ibm.oti.shared

Interface SharedClassFilter

public interface SharedClassFilter

SharedClassFilter allows users of a Helper API to filter which classes are found and stored in the cache. The user should provide a class that implements the interface in which the functions return true or false, and then pass an instance of this class to setSharingFilter() in a shared class helper.

See Also:

• SharedClassURLHelper
• SharedClassTokenHelper
• SharedClassURLClasspathHelper

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	acceptFind(String className)	Tests if the helper should try to find a specified class in the shared class cache
boolean	acceptStore(String className)	Tests if a specified class should be stored in the shared class cache

Method Details

acceptStore

boolean acceptStore(String className)

Tests if a specified class should be stored in the shared class cache

Parameters:

className - String. The fully-qualified name of the class, with the package and class names separated by '.'

Returns:

boolean. True if the class should be stored in the class cache, false otherwise.

acceptFind

boolean acceptFind(String className)

Tests if the helper should try to find a specified class in the shared class cache

Parameters:

className - String. The fully-qualified name of the class, with the package and class names separated by '.'

Returns:

boolean. True if the helper should try to find the class, false otherwise