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1 /* VMProxy.java -- VM interface for proxy class
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39 package java.lang.reflect;
41 final class VMProxy
43 /**
44 * Set to true if the VM provides a native method to implement
45 * Proxy.getProxyClass completely, including argument verification.
46 * If this is true, HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_DATA and
47 * HAVE_NATIVE_GENERATE_PROXY_CLASS should be false.
48 * @see java.lang.reflect.Proxy
50 static boolean HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_CLASS = false;
52 /**
53 * Set to true if the VM provides a native method to implement
54 * the first part of Proxy.getProxyClass: generation of the array
55 * of methods to convert, and verification of the arguments.
56 * If this is true, HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_CLASS should be false.
57 * @see java.lang.reflect.Proxy
59 static boolean HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_DATA = false;
61 /**
62 * Set to true if the VM provides a native method to implement
63 * the second part of Proxy.getProxyClass: conversion of an array of
64 * methods into an actual proxy class.
65 * If this is true, HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_CLASS should be false.
66 * @see java.lang.reflect.Proxy
68 static boolean HAVE_NATIVE_GENERATE_PROXY_CLASS = false;
70 /**
71 * Optional native method to replace (and speed up) the pure Java
72 * implementation of getProxyClass. Only needed if
73 * VMProxy.HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_CLASS is true, this does the
74 * work of both getProxyData and generateProxyClass with no
75 * intermediate form in Java. The native code may safely assume that
76 * this class must be created, and does not already exist.
78 * @param loader the class loader to define the proxy class in; null
79 * implies the bootstrap class loader
80 * @param interfaces the interfaces the class will extend
81 * @return the generated proxy class
82 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the constraints for getProxyClass
83 * were violated, except for problems with null
84 * @throws NullPointerException if `interfaces' is null or contains
85 * a null entry, or if handler is null
86 * @see #HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_CLASS
87 * @see #getProxyClass(ClassLoader, Class[])
88 * @see #getProxyData(ClassLoader, Class[])
89 * @see #generateProxyClass(ClassLoader, Proxy.ProxyData)
91 static native Class getProxyClass(ClassLoader loader, Class[] interfaces);
93 /**
94 * Optional native method to replace (and speed up) the pure Java
95 * implementation of getProxyData. Only needed if
96 * Configuration.HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_DATA is true. The native code
97 * may safely assume that a new ProxyData object must be created which
98 * does not duplicate any existing ones.
100 * @param loader the class loader to define the proxy class in; null
101 * implies the bootstrap class loader
102 * @param interfaces the interfaces the class will extend
103 * @return all data that is required to make this proxy class
104 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the constraints for getProxyClass
105 * were violated, except for problems with null
106 * @throws NullPointerException if `interfaces' is null or contains
107 * a null entry, or if handler is null
108 * @see #HAVE_NATIVE_GET_PROXY_DATA
109 * @see #getProxyClass(ClassLoader, Class[])
110 * @see #getProxyClass(ClassLoader, Class[])
111 * @see Proxy.ProxyData#getProxyData(Proxy.ProxyType)
113 static native Proxy.ProxyData getProxyData(ClassLoader loader,
114 Class[] interfaces);
117 * Optional native method to replace (and speed up) the pure Java
118 * implementation of generateProxyClass. Only needed if
119 * Configuration.HAVE_NATIVE_GENERATE_PROXY_CLASS is true. The native
120 * code may safely assume that a new Class must be created, and that
121 * the ProxyData object does not describe any existing class.
123 * @param loader the class loader to define the proxy class in; null
124 * implies the bootstrap class loader
125 * @param data the struct of information to convert to a Class. This
126 * has already been verified for all problems except exceeding
127 * VM limitations
128 * @return the newly generated class
129 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if VM limitations are exceeded
130 * @see #getProxyClass(ClassLoader, Class[])
131 * @see #getProxyClass(ClassLoader, Class[])
133 static native Class generateProxyClass(ClassLoader loader,
134 Proxy.ProxyData data);