Package net.bytebuddy

Byte Buddy is a library for creating Java classes at runtime of a Java program.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ClassFileVersion.VersionLocator	A locator for the executing VM's Java version.
NamingStrategy	A naming strategy for determining a fully qualified name for a dynamically created Java type.
NamingStrategy.SuffixingRandom.BaseNameResolver	A base name resolver is responsible for resolving a name onto which the suffix is appended.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ByteBuddy	Instances of this class serve as a focus point for configuration of the library's behavior and as an entry point to any form of code generation using the library.
ByteBuddy.EnumerationImplementation	An implementation fo the values method of an enumeration type.
ByteBuddy.EnumerationImplementation.InitializationAppender	A byte code appender for the type initializer of any enumeration type.
ByteBuddy.EnumerationImplementation.ValuesMethodAppender	A byte code appender for the values method of any enumeration type.
ClassFileVersion	A wrapper object for representing a validated class file version in the format that is specified by the JVMS.
ClassFileVersion.VersionExtractor	A simple visitor that extracts the class file version of a class file.
ClassFileVersion.VersionLocator.ForJava9CapableVm	A version locator for a JVM of at least version 9.
NamingStrategy.AbstractBase	An abstract base implementation where the names of redefined and rebased types are retained.
NamingStrategy.PrefixingRandom	A naming strategy that creates a name by prefixing a given class and its package with another package and by appending a random number to the class's simple name.
NamingStrategy.SuffixingRandom	A naming strategy that creates a name by concatenating: The super classes package and name A given suffix string A random number Between all these elements, a $ sign is included into the name to improve readability.
NamingStrategy.SuffixingRandom.BaseNameResolver.ForFixedValue	A base name resolver that simply returns a fixed value.
NamingStrategy.SuffixingRandom.BaseNameResolver.ForGivenType	Uses a specific type's name as the resolved name.
TypeCache<T>	A cache for storing types without strongly referencing any class loader or type.
TypeCache.LookupKey	A key used for looking up a previously inserted class loader cache.
TypeCache.SimpleKey	A simple key based on a collection of types where no type is strongly referenced.
TypeCache.StorageKey	A key used for storing a class loader cache reference.
TypeCache.WithInlineExpunction<S>	An implementation of a TypeCache where obsolete references are cleared upon any call.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
ClassFileVersion.VersionLocator.CreationAction	A creation action for a version locator.
ClassFileVersion.VersionLocator.ForLegacyVm	A version locator for a JVM that does not provide the java.lang.Runtime.Version class.
NamingStrategy.SuffixingRandom.BaseNameResolver.ForUnnamedType	Uses the unnamed type's super type's name as the resolved name.
TypeCache.Sort	Determines the storage format for a cached type.

Package net.bytebuddy Description

Byte Buddy is a library for creating Java classes at runtime of a Java program. For this purpose, the ByteBuddy class serves as an entry point. The following example

 Class<?> dynamicType = new ByteBuddy()
    .subclass(Object.class)
    .implement(Serializable.class)
    .intercept(named("toString"), FixedValue.value("Hello World!"))
    .make()
    .load(getClass().getClassLoader(), ClassLoadingStrategy.Default.WRAPPER)
    .getLoaded();
 dynamicType.newInstance().toString; // returns "Hello World!"

creates a subclass of the Object class which implements the Serializable interface. The Object.toString() method is overridden to return Hello World!.