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diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java b/libjava/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de0db88 --- /dev/null +++ b/libjava/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +/* + * java.lang.ClassLoader: part of the Java Class Libraries project. + * Copyright (C) 1998, 2001 Free Software Foundation + * + * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either + * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + * + * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + * Library General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public + * License along with this library; if not, write to the + * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, + * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + */ + +package java.lang; + +/** + * java.lang.VMClassLoader is a package-private helper for VMs to implement + * on behalf of java.lang.ClassLoader. + * + * @author John Keiser + * @version 1.1.0, Sep 22 1998 + * @since CP1.1 + */ + +class VMClassLoader { + + /** + * Helper to define a class using a string of bytes. + * + * @param name the name to give the class. null if unknown. + * @param data the data representing the classfile, in classfile format. + * @param offset the offset into the data where the classfile starts. + * @param len the length of the classfile data in the array. + * @return the class that was defined. + * @exception ClassFormatError if the byte array is not in proper classfile format. + */ + // Not yet needed for libgcj. +// final static native Class defineClass(ClassLoader cl, String name, +// byte[] data, int offset, int len) throws ClassFormatError; + + /** + * Helper to resolve all references to other classes from this class. + * @param c the class to resolve. + */ + // Not yet needed for libgcj. + // final static native void resolveClass(Class c); + + /** + * Helper for java.lang.Integer, Byte, etc. to get the TYPE class + * at initialization time. If there are multiple classloaders, this + * method may be called once per ClassLoader per type. + * + * @param type name of the primitive type; i.e. "int", "byte", etc. + * @return a "bogus" class representing the primitive type. + */ + static final Class getPrimitiveClass(String type) + { + if ("int".equals (type)) + return int.class; + else if ("long".equals (type)) + return int.class; + else if ("boolean".equals (type)) + return int.class; + else if ("short".equals (type)) + return int.class; + else if ("char".equals (type)) + return int.class; + else if ("byte".equals (type)) + return int.class; + else if ("float".equals (type)) + return int.class; + else if ("double".equals (type)) + return int.class; + else if ("void".equals (type)) + return int.class; + return null; + } +} |