org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile

Class ClassParser

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassParser

public final class ClassParser
extends java.lang.Object

Wrapper class that parses a given Java .class file. The method parse returns a JavaClass object on success. When an I/O error or an inconsistency occurs an appropriate exception is propagated back to the caller. The structure and the names comply, except for a few conveniences, exactly with the JVM specification 1.0. See this paper for further details about the structure of a bytecode file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassParser(java.io.InputStream inputStream) Parses class from the given stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JavaClass	parse() Parses the given Java class file and return an object that represents the contained data, i.e., constants, methods, fields and commands.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ClassParser

public ClassParser(java.io.InputStream inputStream)

Parses class from the given stream.

Parameters:

inputStream - Input stream

Method Detail

parse

public JavaClass parse()
                throws java.io.IOException,
                       ClassFormatException

Parses the given Java class file and return an object that represents the contained data, i.e., constants, methods, fields and commands. A ClassFormatException is raised, if the file is not a valid .class file. (This does not include verification of the byte code as it is performed by the java interpreter).

Returns:

Class object representing the parsed class file

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

ClassFormatException - if a class is malformed or cannot be interpreted as a class file