/********************************************************************** | |
* This file is part of "Object Teams Dynamic Runtime Environment" | |
* | |
* Copyright 2009, 2012 Oliver Frank and others. | |
* | |
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials | |
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 | |
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at | |
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html | |
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* Please visit http://www.eclipse.org/objectteams for updates and contact. | |
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* Contributors: | |
* Oliver Frank - Initial API and implementation | |
* Stephan Herrmann - Initial API and implementation | |
**********************************************************************/ | |
package org.eclipse.objectteams.otredyn.bytecode; | |
import java.lang.instrument.UnmodifiableClassException; | |
/** | |
* Classes that implements this interface can redefine classes at runtime. | |
* @author Oliver Frank | |
*/ | |
public interface IRedefineStrategy { | |
/** | |
* Redefines a class at runtime. | |
* @param clazz the existing class instance | |
* @param bytecode the new bytecode for this class | |
* @throws ClassNotFoundException the class was not loaded yet | |
* @throws UnmodifiableClassException it is impossible to redefine the class | |
*/ | |
public void redefine(Class<?> clazz, byte[] bytecode) throws ClassNotFoundException, UnmodifiableClassException; | |
} |