org.codehaus.backport175.reader.bytecode.spi

Interface BytecodeProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultBytecodeProvider

public interface BytecodeProvider

Callback interface that all vendors that wants to be able to control which bytecode is read when retrieving the annotations should implement.

Author:

Jonas Bonér

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getBytecode(java.lang.String className, java.lang.ClassLoader loader) Returns the bytecode for a specific class.

Method Detail

getBytecode

byte[] getBytecode(java.lang.String className,
                 java.lang.ClassLoader loader)
                   throws java.lang.Exception

Returns the bytecode for a specific class.

Parameters:

className - the fully qualified name of the class

loader - the class loader that has loaded the class

Returns:

the bytecode

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - upon failure