00001 /* 00002 * ClassLoader.hpp 00003 * 00004 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 00005 * 00006 * Oracle is a registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its 00007 * affiliates. 00008 * 00009 * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Oracle 00010 * Corporation. You shall not disclose such confidential and proprietary 00011 * information and shall use it only in accordance with the terms of the 00012 * license agreement you entered into with Oracle. 00013 * 00014 * This notice may not be removed or altered. 00015 */ 00016 #ifndef COH_CLASS_LOADER_HPP 00017 #define COH_CLASS_LOADER_HPP 00018 00019 #include "coherence/lang/compatibility.hpp" 00020 00021 #include "coherence/lang/interface_spec.hpp" 00022 #include "coherence/lang/Class.hpp" 00023 #include "coherence/lang/Object.hpp" 00024 #include "coherence/lang/String.hpp" 00025 00026 #include <typeinfo> 00027 00028 COH_OPEN_NAMESPACE2(coherence,lang) 00029 00030 00031 /** 00032 * ClassLoader provides a mechanism for obtaining a Class object. Classes 00033 * may be manually registered with a loader, or the loader may search out 00034 * classes using custom search and load mechanisms. 00035 * 00036 * Not all classes are required to have a corresponding Class representation. 00037 * 00038 * The simplest way to enable a Class to be looked up by name, is to register 00039 * it with the system ClassLoader, which can be obtained by calling 00040 * ClassLoader::getSystemClassLoader(). For classes which include a no 00041 * parameter static create method, a utility macro can be used to generate 00042 * and register a Class automatically. For example, given the class Foo: 00043 * 00044 * COH_REGISTER_TYPED_CLASS(Foo) 00045 * 00046 * Will register a Class for Foo. This registration would normally occur in 00047 * Foo.cpp, outside of any method. 00048 * 00049 * @author mf 2008.04.02 00050 */ 00051 class COH_EXPORT ClassLoader 00052 : public interface_spec<ClassLoader> 00053 { 00054 // ----- ClassLoader interface ------------------------------------------ 00055 00056 public: 00057 /** 00058 * Loads the class for the specified name. 00059 * 00060 * @param vsName the fully qualified name of the desired class 00061 * 00062 * @return the resulting {@link Class} object 00063 * 00064 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class was not found 00065 */ 00066 virtual Class::View loadByName(String::View vsName) const = 0; 00067 00068 /** 00069 * Loads the class for the specified RTTI typeid. 00070 * 00071 * @param info the class's type_info 00072 * 00073 * @return the resulting {@link Class} object 00074 * 00075 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class was not found 00076 */ 00077 virtual Class::View loadByType(const std::type_info& info) const = 0; 00078 00079 /** 00080 * Returns the parent class loader for delegation. 00081 * 00082 * @return the parent class loader for delegation; NULL indicates the 00083 * system ClassLoader has been reached 00084 */ 00085 virtual ClassLoader::Handle getParent() const = 0; 00086 }; 00087 00088 COH_CLOSE_NAMESPACE2 00089 00090 #endif // COH_CLASS_LOADER_HPP