org.jboss.marshalling.cloner

Interface ClassCloner

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassLoaderClassCloner

public interface ClassCloner

A cloner for class types. Used (for example) to load an equivalent class from an alternate classloader.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ClassCloner	IDENTITY A class cloner which just returns the class it is given.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class<?>	clone(java.lang.Class<?> original)
java.lang.Class<?>	cloneProxy(java.lang.Class<?> proxyClass)

Field Detail

IDENTITY

static final ClassCloner IDENTITY

A class cloner which just returns the class it is given. This cloner can be used in cases where an object must be deep-cloned within the same class loader.

Method Detail

clone

java.lang.Class<?> clone(java.lang.Class<?> original)
                         throws java.io.IOException,
                                java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

cloneProxy

java.lang.Class<?> cloneProxy(java.lang.Class<?> proxyClass)
                              throws java.io.IOException,
                                     java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException