org.codehaus.groovy.runtime
Class ReflectorLoader

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ClassLoader
      org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ReflectorLoader

public class ReflectorLoader
extends ClassLoader

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.

Version:

$Revision: 4542 $

Author:

Jochen Theodorou

Constructor Summary

ReflectorLoader(ClassLoader parent)
creates a RelfectorLoader.

Method Summary

Class	defineClass(String name, byte[] bytecode, ProtectionDomain domain) helper method to define Reflector classes
protected Class	findClass(String name) returns the Reflector class.
Class	getLoadedClass(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ClassLoader

clearAssertionStatus, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, defineClass, definePackage, findLibrary, findLoadedClass, findResource, findResources, findSystemClass, getPackage, getPackages, getParent, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResources, getSystemClassLoader, getSystemResource, getSystemResourceAsStream, getSystemResources, loadClass, loadClass, resolveClass, setClassAssertionStatus, setDefaultAssertionStatus, setPackageAssertionStatus, setSigners

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectorLoader

public ReflectorLoader(ClassLoader parent)

creates a RelfectorLoader.

Parameters:

parent - the parent loader. This should never be null!

Method Detail

findClass

protected Class findClass(String name)
                   throws ClassNotFoundException

returns the Reflector class.

Overrides:

findClass in class ClassLoader

Returns:

the Reflector class if the name matches

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the name is not matching Reflector

See Also:

Reflector

defineClass

public Class defineClass(String name,
                         byte[] bytecode,
                         ProtectionDomain domain)

helper method to define Reflector classes

Parameters:

name - of the Reflector

bytecode - the bytecode

domain - the protection domain

Returns:

the generated class

getLoadedClass

public Class getLoadedClass(String name)