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| |
| package org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.jam; |
| |
| /** |
| * Object which can load representations of a java.lang.Class. |
| * Analagous to a java.lang.ClassLoader. |
| * |
| * @author Patrick Calahan <pcal@bea.com> |
| */ |
| public interface JClassLoader { |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>Returns a representation of the named class. If the class is |
| * not under the same root as this JElement root, a representation of |
| * it will be synthesized via reflection (see note in class |
| * comments). The 'named' parameter must be a fully-qualified class |
| * name in the classfile 'Field Descriptor' format, a simple |
| * primitive name (e.g. 'long' or 'int'), or 'void'.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>A note regarding fully-qualified class names: if you're |
| * looking up a non-array type by name, you can just pass the |
| * regular, fully-qualified name. If you're looking up an array |
| * type, you need to use the 'Field Descriptor' format as described |
| * in secion 4.3.2 of the VM spec. This is the same name format |
| * that is returned by JClass.getFieldDescriptor.</p> |
| * |
| * @throws ClassNotFoundException if no such class exists. |
| */ |
| public JClass loadClass(String fieldDescriptor) |
| throws ClassNotFoundException; |
| |
| |
| public JPackage getPackage(String name); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the JAnnotationLoader which should be used for retrieving |
| * supplemental annotations |
| */ |
| public JAnnotationLoader getAnnotationLoader(); |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns this JClassLoaders's parent. |
| */ |
| public JClassLoader getParent(); |
| |
| //REVIEW do we need to expose the parent JClassLoader here? would |
| //rather not unless there is a good reason to |
| |
| // public JClass[] getResolvedClasses(); |
| |
| |
| } |