org.objectweb.fractal.julia.asm
Interface ClassGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClassGenerator, AttributeControllerClassGenerator, ContextClassGenerator, InterceptorClassGenerator, InterfaceClassGenerator, MergeClassGenerator, MixinClassGenerator

public interface ClassGenerator

The interface that all Julia's class generators must implement.

Method Summary

byte[]

generateClass(String name, Tree args, Loader loader, ClassLoader classLoader) Generates the class whose descriptor is given, with the given name.

Method Detail

generateClass

byte[] generateClass(String name,
                     Tree args,
                     Loader loader,
                     ClassLoader classLoader)
                     throws ClassGenerationException

Generates the class whose descriptor is given, with the given name. The generated class must implement the Generated interface, and its getFcGeneratorParameters method must return args.toString().

Parameters:

name - the name of the class to be generated.

args - the descriptor of the class to be generated. This descriptor must be of the form "(objectDescriptor arg1 ... argN)" (see loadClass).

loader - the loader to be used to load or generate auxiliary classes, if needed.

classLoader - the class loader to be used to load auxiliary classes, if needed.

Returns:

a class named name and whose content is described by the given class descriptor.

Throws:

ClassGenerationException - if a problem occurs during the generation of the class.