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| |
| package com.sun.jdi; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| |
| /** |
| * A class loader object from the target VM. |
| * A ClassLoaderReference is an {@link ObjectReference} with additional |
| * access to classloader-specific information from the target VM. Instances |
| * ClassLoaderReference are obtained through calls to |
| * {@link ReferenceType#classLoader} |
| * |
| * @see ObjectReference |
| * |
| * @author Gordon Hirsch |
| * @since 1.3 |
| */ |
| public interface ClassLoaderReference extends ObjectReference { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a list of all loaded classes that were defined by this |
| * class loader. No ordering of this list guaranteed. |
| * <P> |
| * The returned list will include reference types |
| * loaded at least to the point of preparation and |
| * types (like array) for which preparation is |
| * not defined. |
| * |
| * @return a List of {@link ReferenceType} objects mirroring types |
| * loaded by this class loader. The list has length 0 if no types |
| * have been defined by this classloader. |
| */ |
| List<ReferenceType> definedClasses(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a list of all classes for which this class loader has |
| * been recorded as the initiating loader in the target VM. |
| * The list contains ReferenceTypes defined directly by this loader |
| * (as returned by {@link #definedClasses}) and any types for which |
| * loading was delegated by this class loader to another class loader. |
| * <p> |
| * The visible class list has useful properties with respect to |
| * the type namespace. A particular type name will occur at most |
| * once in the list. Each field or variable declared with that |
| * type name in a class defined by |
| * this class loader must be resolved to that single type. |
| * <p> |
| * No ordering of the returned list is guaranteed. |
| * <p> |
| * See |
| * <cite>The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification</cite>, |
| * section 5.3 - Creation and Loading |
| * for more information on the initiating classloader. |
| * <p> |
| * Note that unlike {@link #definedClasses()} |
| * and {@link VirtualMachine#allClasses()}, |
| * some of the returned reference types may not be prepared. |
| * Attempts to perform some operations on unprepared reference types |
| * (e.g. {@link ReferenceType#fields() fields()}) will throw |
| * a {@link ClassNotPreparedException}. |
| * Use {@link ReferenceType#isPrepared()} to determine if |
| * a reference type is prepared. |
| * |
| * @return a List of {@link ReferenceType} objects mirroring classes |
| * initiated by this class loader. The list has length 0 if no classes |
| * are visible to this classloader. |
| */ |
| List<ReferenceType> visibleClasses(); |
| } |