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org.hibernate.bytecode.javassist
Class TransformingClassLoader  view TransformingClassLoader download TransformingClassLoader.java

java.lang.Object
  extended byjava.lang.ClassLoader
      extended byorg.hibernate.bytecode.javassist.TransformingClassLoader

public class TransformingClassLoader
extends java.lang.ClassLoader


Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader
 
Field Summary
private  ClassPool classPool
           
private  java.lang.ClassLoader parent
           
 
Fields inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader
 
Constructor Summary
(package private) TransformingClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader parent, java.lang.String[] classpath)
           
 
Method Summary
protected  java.lang.Class findClass(java.lang.String name)
          Called for every class name that is needed but has not yet been defined by this classloader or one of its parents.
 void release()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader
clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, 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
 

Field Detail

parent

private java.lang.ClassLoader parent

classPool

private ClassPool classPool
Constructor Detail

TransformingClassLoader

TransformingClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader parent,
                        java.lang.String[] classpath)
Method Detail

findClass

protected java.lang.Class findClass(java.lang.String name)
                             throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
Description copied from class: java.lang.ClassLoader
Called for every class name that is needed but has not yet been defined by this classloader or one of its parents. It is called by loadClass() after both findLoadedClass() and parent.loadClass() couldn't provide the requested class.

The default implementation throws a ClassNotFoundException. Subclasses should override this method. An implementation of this method in a subclass should get the class bytes of the class (if it can find them), if the package of the requested class doesn't exist it should define the package and finally it should call define the actual class. It does not have to resolve the class. It should look something like the following:

 // Get the bytes that describe the requested class
 byte[] classBytes = classLoaderSpecificWayToFindClassBytes(name);
 // Get the package name
 int lastDot = name.lastIndexOf('.');
 if (lastDot != -1)
   {
     String packageName = name.substring(0, lastDot);
     // Look if the package already exists
     if (getPackage(packageName) == null)
       {
         // define the package
         definePackage(packageName, ...);
       }
   }
 // Define and return the class
  return defineClass(name, classBytes, 0, classBytes.length);
 

loadClass() makes sure that the Class returned by findClass() will later be returned by findLoadedClass() when the same class name is requested.


release

public void release()