001// Copyright 2008 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal.services; 016 017import javassist.CtClass; 018 019/** 020 * Used when generating new classes on the fly. 021 * 022 * @see org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.ClassFactory 023 */ 024public interface CtClassSource 025{ 026 /** 027 * Returns the number of classes created. 028 */ 029 int getCreatedClassCount(); 030 031 /** 032 * Converts an existing class to a CtClass instance. 033 */ 034 CtClass toCtClass(Class searchClass); 035 036 /** 037 * Converts a class name to a CtClass instance. 038 */ 039 CtClass toCtClass(String name); 040 041 /** 042 * Createa a new CtClass instance. 043 */ 044 CtClass newClass(String name, Class superClass); 045 046 /** 047 * Used after constructing the CtClass fully, to convert it into a Class ready to be instantiated. 048 */ 049 Class createClass(CtClass ctClass); 050}