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package org.codehaus.groovy.runtime;

import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
import java.util.HashMap;

/**
 * Reflector creation helper. This class is used to define the Refloctor classes.
 * For each ClassLoader such a Loader will be created by the MetaClass.
 * The only special about this loader is, that it knows the class Reflector, 
 * which is the base class of all runtime created Reflectors. 
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:blackdrag@gmx.org">Jochen Theodorou</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class ReflectorLoader extends ClassLoader {
    private HashMap loadedClasses = new HashMap();
    
    /**
     * returns the Reflector class.
     * 
     * @return the Reflector class if the name matches
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the name is not matching Reflector
     * @see Reflector
     */
    protected Class findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        if (delegatationLoader==null) return super.loadClass(name);
        return delegatationLoader.loadClass(name);
    }
    
    /**
     * helper method to define Reflector classes
     * @param name of the Reflector
     * @param bytecode the bytecode
     * @param domain  the protection domain
     * @return the generated class
     */
    public Class defineClass(String name, byte[] bytecode, ProtectionDomain domain) {
        Class c = defineClass(name, bytecode, 0, bytecode.length, domain);
        synchronized(loadedClasses) { loadedClasses.put(name,c); }
        resolveClass(c);
        return c;
    }
    
    /**
     * creates a RelfectorLoader. 
     * @param parent the parent loader. This should never be null!
     */
    public ReflectorLoader(ClassLoader parent) {
        super(parent);
        delegatationLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
    }
    
    public Class getLoadedClass(String name) {
        synchronized (loadedClasses) {
            return (Class)loadedClasses.get(name);
        }
    }
    
    private ClassLoader delegatationLoader; 
}