net.openhft.chronicle.core.pool

Interface ClassLookup

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassAliasPool

public interface ClassLookup

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAlias(Class<?>... classes) Add classes to the class lookup.
void	addAlias(Class<?> clazz, String names) Add a class with a specific alias which may or may not have a package name.
Class<?>	forName(CharSequence name) Turn a string into a class
String	nameFor(Class<?> clazz)
default @NotNull ClassLookup	wrap() Wrap this class into
default @NotNull ClassLookup	wrap(@NotNull ClassLoader classLoader) Creates and returns a new ClassLookup wrapping this ClassLookup and using the provided classLoader to look up new classes.

Method Detail

wrap

@NotNull
default @NotNull ClassLookup wrap()

Wrap this class into

Returns:

a ClassLookup which can be modified without changing the underlying ClassLookup

wrap

@NotNull
default @NotNull ClassLookup wrap(@NotNull
                                           @NotNull ClassLoader classLoader)

Creates and returns a new ClassLookup wrapping this ClassLookup and using the provided classLoader to look up new classes.

Returns:

a new ClassLookup which can be modified without changing the underlying ClassLookup that is using a custom ClassLoader

forName

Class<?> forName(CharSequence name)
          throws ClassNotFoundRuntimeException

Turn a string into a class

Parameters:

name - of the type/class

Returns:

the fclass for that name

Throws:

ClassNotFoundRuntimeException

nameFor

String nameFor(Class<?> clazz)
        throws IllegalArgumentException

Parameters:

clazz - to lookup an alias for

Returns:

the alias

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if used on a lambda function.

addAlias

void addAlias(Class<?>... classes)

Add classes to the class lookup. The simple name without the package is added as the alias

Parameters:

classes - to add

addAlias

void addAlias(Class<?> clazz,
              String names)

Add a class with a specific alias which may or may not have a package name.

Parameters:

clazz - to alias

names - An alias or comma seperated list of aliases