org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.depend

Class ClassFile

public class ClassFile extends Object

A ClassFile object stores information about a Java class. The class may be read from a DataInputStream.and written to a DataOutputStream. These are usually streams from a Java class file or a class file component of a Jar file.
Method Summary
VectorgetClassRefs()
Get the classes which this class references.
StringgetFullClassName()
Get the class' fully qualified name in dot format.
voidread(InputStream stream)
Read the class from a data stream.

Method Detail

getClassRefs

public Vector getClassRefs()
Get the classes which this class references.

Returns: a vector of class names which this class references

getFullClassName

public String getFullClassName()
Get the class' fully qualified name in dot format.

Returns: the class name in dot format (eg. java.lang.Object)

read

public void read(InputStream stream)
Read the class from a data stream. This method takes an InputStream as input and parses the class from the stream.

Parameters: stream an InputStream from which the class will be read

Throws: IOException if there is a problem reading from the given stream. ClassFormatError if the class cannot be parsed correctly

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