Interface JavaClassLoader
- All Known Implementing Classes:
DTFJJavaClassloader
,JavaClassLoader
,JCJavaClassLoader
public interface JavaClassLoader
Represents an internal ClassLoader structure within a Java VM instance.
For most ClassLoaders there is a corresponding java.lang.ClassLoader
object within with JavaRuntime. For primordial class loaders such as
the bootstrap class loader, there may or may not be a corresponding
java.lang.ClassLoader
instance.
Since Java does not define any strict inheritance structure between
class loaders, there are no APIs for inspecting 'child' or 'parent'
class loaders. This information may be inferred by inspecting the
corresponding java.lang.ClassLoader
instance.
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionboolean
Compares the argument to the receiver, and answers true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.Find a named class within this class loader.When a ClassLoader successfully delegates a findClass() request to another ClassLoader, the result of the delegation must be cached within the internal structure so that the VM does not make repeated requests for the same class.Get the set of classes which are defined in this JavaClassLoader.Get the java.lang.ClassLoader instance associated with this class loader.int
hashCode()
Answers an integer hash code for the receiver.
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Method Details
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getDefinedClasses
Iterator getDefinedClasses()Get the set of classes which are defined in this JavaClassLoader.- Returns:
- an iterator over the collection of classes which are defined in this JavaClassLoader
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getCachedClasses
Iterator getCachedClasses()When a ClassLoader successfully delegates a findClass() request to another ClassLoader, the result of the delegation must be cached within the internal structure so that the VM does not make repeated requests for the same class.- Returns:
- an iterator over the collection of classes which are defined in this JavaClassLoader or which were found by delegation to other JavaClassLoaders
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findClass
Find a named class within this class loader. The class may have been defined in this class loader, or this class loader may have delegated the load to another class loader and cached the result.- Parameters:
name
- of the class to find. Packages should be separated by '/' instead of '.'- Returns:
- the JavaClass instance, or null if it is not found
- Throws:
CorruptDataException
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getObject
Get the java.lang.ClassLoader instance associated with this class loader.- Returns:
- a JavaObject representing the java.lang.ClassLoader instance associated with this class loader, or null if there is no Java class loader associated with this low-level class loader.
- Throws:
CorruptDataException
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equals
Description copied from class:java.lang.Object
Compares the argument to the receiver, and answers true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison. The implementation in Object answers true only if the argument is the exact same object as the receiver (==). -
hashCode
int hashCode()Description copied from class:java.lang.Object
Answers an integer hash code for the receiver. Any two objects which answertrue
when passed to.equals
must answer the same value for this method.
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