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

static ClassCloner

IDENTITY A class cloner which just returns the class it is given.

Method Summary

Class<?>	clone(Class<?> original) Clone the given class.
Class<?>	cloneProxy(Class<?> proxyClass) Clone the given reflection proxy class.

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

Class<?> clone(Class<?> original)
               throws IOException,
                      ClassNotFoundException

Clone the given class.

Parameters:

original - the class to clone

Returns:

the cloned class

Throws:

IOException - if cloning fails due to a serialization problem

ClassNotFoundException - if cloning fails due to an unavailable class

cloneProxy

Class<?> cloneProxy(Class<?> proxyClass)
                    throws IOException,
                           ClassNotFoundException

Clone the given reflection proxy class.

Parameters:

proxyClass - the proxy class to clone

Returns:

the cloned proxy class

Throws:

IOException - if cloning fails due to a serialization problem

ClassNotFoundException - if cloning fails due to an unavailable class