| 1 | /*
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| 2 | * java.lang.ClassLoader: part of the Java Class Libraries project.
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| 3 | * Copyright (C) 1998, 2001 Free Software Foundation
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| 4 | *
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| 5 | * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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| 6 | * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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| 7 | * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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| 8 | * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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| 9 | *
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| 10 | * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| 11 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| 12 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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| 13 | * Library General Public License for more details.
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| 14 | *
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| 15 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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| 16 | * License along with this library; if not, write to the
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| 17 | * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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| 18 | * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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| 19 | */
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| 20 |
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| 21 | package java.lang;
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| 22 |
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| 23 | /**
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| 24 | * java.lang.VMClassLoader is a package-private helper for VMs to implement
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| 25 | * on behalf of java.lang.ClassLoader.
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| 26 | *
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| 27 | * @author John Keiser
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| 28 | * @version 1.1.0, Sep 22 1998
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| 29 | * @since CP1.1
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| 30 | */
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| 31 |
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| 32 | class VMClassLoader {
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| 33 |
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| 34 | /**
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| 35 | * Helper to define a class using a string of bytes.
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| 36 | *
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| 37 | * @param name the name to give the class. null if unknown.
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| 38 | * @param data the data representing the classfile, in classfile format.
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| 39 | * @param offset the offset into the data where the classfile starts.
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| 40 | * @param len the length of the classfile data in the array.
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| 41 | * @return the class that was defined.
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| 42 | * @exception ClassFormatError if the byte array is not in proper classfile format.
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| 43 | */
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| 44 | // Not yet needed for libgcj.
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| 45 | // final static native Class defineClass(ClassLoader cl, String name,
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| 46 | // byte[] data, int offset, int len) throws ClassFormatError;
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| 47 |
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| 48 | /**
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| 49 | * Helper to resolve all references to other classes from this class.
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| 50 | * @param c the class to resolve.
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| 51 | */
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| 52 | // Not yet needed for libgcj.
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| 53 | // final static native void resolveClass(Class c);
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| 54 |
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| 55 | /**
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| 56 | * Helper for java.lang.Integer, Byte, etc. to get the TYPE class
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| 57 | * at initialization time.
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| 58 | *
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| 59 | * @param type code for the primitive type.
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| 60 | */
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| 61 | static native Class getPrimitiveClass(char type);
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| 62 | }
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