Package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.decompiled

Class AsmDecompiler

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.groovy.ast.decompiled.AsmDecompiler

public abstract class AsmDecompiler
extends Object

A utility class responsible for decompiling JVM class files and producing ClassStub objects reflecting their structure.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AsmDecompiler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ClassStub	parseClass(URL url)	Loads the URL contents and parses them with ASM, producing a ClassStub object representing the structure of the corresponding class file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AsmDecompiler

public AsmDecompiler()

Method Details

parseClass

public static ClassStub parseClass(URL url)
                            throws IOException

Loads the URL contents and parses them with ASM, producing a ClassStub object representing the structure of the corresponding class file. Stubs are cached and reused if queried several times with equal URLs.

Parameters:

url - an URL from a class loader, most likely a file system file or a JAR entry.

Returns:

the class stub

Throws:

IOException - if reading from this URL is impossible