dynclass
Class ClassCreator

java.lang.Object
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public class ClassCreator

extends Object

ClassCreator turns a ClassDefinition into a real-live Class. It also has utility methods for constructing instances of classes it creates.

Constructor Summary

ClassCreator()

Method Summary

static Class	defineClass(ClassDefinition def) Create a Class from the given description.
static Object	newInstance(Class cls, InvocationHandler impl) Create a new instance of the given class, which must have been created by ClassCreator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassCreator

public ClassCreator()

Method Detail

newInstance

public static Object newInstance(Class cls,
                                 InvocationHandler impl)
                          throws Exception

Create a new instance of the given class, which must have been created by ClassCreator. Method calls will be dispatched to the given InvocationHandler.

defineClass

public static Class defineClass(ClassDefinition def)

Create a Class from the given description. Recent definitions are cached, so if an equivalent ClassDefinition was provided recently then there is a good chance the same class will be returned.