org.aspectj.apache.bcel
Class Repository

java.lang.Object
  org.aspectj.apache.bcel.Repository

public abstract class Repository
extends java.lang.Object

The repository maintains informations about class interdependencies, e.g., whether a class is a sub-class of another. Delegates actual class loading to SyntheticRepository with current class path by default.

See Also:

Repository, SyntheticRepository

Constructor Summary

Repository()

Method Summary

static JavaClass	addClass(JavaClass clazz) Add clazz to repository if there isn't an equally named class already in there.
static void	clearCache() Clear the repository.
static Repository	getRepository()
static boolean	implementationOf(JavaClass clazz, JavaClass inter)
static boolean	implementationOf(java.lang.String clazz, java.lang.String inter)
static boolean	instanceOf(JavaClass clazz, JavaClass super_class) Equivalent to runtime "instanceof" operator.
static boolean	instanceOf(java.lang.String clazz, java.lang.String super_class)
static JavaClass	lookupClass(java.lang.String class_name) Lookup class somewhere found on your CLASSPATH, or whereever the repository instance looks for it.
static ClassPath.ClassFile	lookupClassFile(java.lang.String class_name)
static void	removeClass(java.lang.String clazz) Remove class with given (fully qualified) name from repository.
static void	setRepository(Repository rep) Set repository instance to be used for class loading

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Repository

public Repository()

Method Detail

getRepository

public static Repository getRepository()

Returns:

currently used repository instance

setRepository

public static void setRepository(Repository rep)

Set repository instance to be used for class loading

lookupClass

public static JavaClass lookupClass(java.lang.String class_name)

Lookup class somewhere found on your CLASSPATH, or whereever the repository instance looks for it.

Returns:

class object for given fully qualified class name, or null if the class could not be found or parsed correctly

lookupClassFile

public static ClassPath.ClassFile lookupClassFile(java.lang.String class_name)

Returns:

class file object for given Java class.

clearCache

public static void clearCache()

Clear the repository.

addClass

public static JavaClass addClass(JavaClass clazz)

Add clazz to repository if there isn't an equally named class already in there.

Returns:

old entry in repository

removeClass

public static void removeClass(java.lang.String clazz)

Remove class with given (fully qualified) name from repository.

instanceOf

public static boolean instanceOf(JavaClass clazz,
                                 JavaClass super_class)

Equivalent to runtime "instanceof" operator.

Returns:

true, if clazz is an instance of super_class

instanceOf

public static boolean instanceOf(java.lang.String clazz,
                                 java.lang.String super_class)

Returns:

true, if clazz is an instance of super_class

implementationOf

public static boolean implementationOf(JavaClass clazz,
                                       JavaClass inter)

Returns:

true, if clazz is an implementation of interface inter

implementationOf

public static boolean implementationOf(java.lang.String clazz,
                                       java.lang.String inter)

Returns:

true, if clazz is an implementation of interface inter