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See:
Description
Interface Summary | |
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ClassFile | Information about and access to a location that contains a class. |
ClassPath | Information about a ClassPath. |
ClassPathElement | A single location in a ClassPath. |
HasName | This marker interface indicates that instances have a name. |
MetaClassLoader | Metadata about a ClassLoader. |
MetaClassPathElement | Information about a code location. |
MetaRegistry | The entry point from which to find information about the ClassPath and the classes available from the ClassPath. |
ResourceFile | Information about and access to a location that contains a class or a resource. |
** Start Here ** The metadata package provides information about available classes without loading them. The standard Java runtime hides many details about classes, particularly the location of classes which can potentially be loaded, and the details of unloaded classes. An application may need to discover class information without loading the class in the following situations:
An application using this package must first obtain a MetaClassLoader
instance from
the MetaRegistry
MetaClassLoader classLoader = MetaRegistry.DEFAULT_REGISTRY.getMetaClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader());
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