org.multiverse.instrumentation.metadata
Class MetadataRepository

java.lang.Object
  org.multiverse.instrumentation.metadata.MetadataRepository

public final class MetadataRepository
extends java.lang.Object

A repository for storing metadata about classes (and interfaces) and their internal structure.

Once metadata is extracted, it is stored so it can be reused.

Author:

Peter Veentjer.

Constructor Summary

MetadataRepository()

MetadataRepository(ClassMetadataExtractor extractor)
Creates a MetadataRepository with the given ClassMetadataExtractor .

Method Summary

ClassMetadata	loadClassMetadata(java.lang.Class clazz) Loads the ClassMetadata for the given Clazz.
ClassMetadata	loadClassMetadata(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader, java.lang.String className) Retrieves the ClassMetadata for a class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetadataRepository

public MetadataRepository()

MetadataRepository

public MetadataRepository(ClassMetadataExtractor extractor)

Creates a MetadataRepository with the given ClassMetadataExtractor .

Parameters:

extractor - the ClassMetadataExtractor used to extra metadata for classes that have not been inspected.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if extractor is null.

Method Detail

loadClassMetadata

public ClassMetadata loadClassMetadata(java.lang.Class clazz)

Loads the ClassMetadata for the given Clazz.

Parameters:

clazz - the Clazz to get the ClassMetadata for.

Returns:

return the loaded ClassMetadata.

loadClassMetadata

public ClassMetadata loadClassMetadata(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader,
                                       java.lang.String className)

Retrieves the ClassMetadata for a class.

Parameters:

classLoader -

className - the className of the class to look for.

Returns:

the ClassMetadata (will never be null).