Package org.jikesrvm.classloader

Provides classes that implement the classloading system as well as data types that represent Java entities like classes, fields, methods and primitives.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
BootstrapClassLoader.Handler<T>
ClassLoadingListener	Interface for callbacks on classloading events.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractMethod	An abstract method of a java class.
AnnotatedElement	A common abstract super class for all elements that can be annotated within the JVM.
ApplicationClassLoader	The class loader used by Jikes RVM to load the application program.
Atom	An utf8-encoded byte string.
Atom.InternedStrings	Inner class responsible for string interning.
BootstrapClassLoader	Implements an object that functions as the bootstrap class loader.
BytecodeConstants	Information about java byte codes that appear in the "code" attribute of a .class file.
BytecodeStream	Provides minimal abstraction layer to a stream of bytecodes from the code attribute of a method.
ClassFileReader	Support code to parse a DataInputStream in the Java classfile format and create the appropriate instance of an RVMClass or UnboxedType.
ClassLoaderConstants
DynamicTypeCheck	Data structures and code for fast dynamic type checking.
ExceptionHandlerMap	A java method's try/catch/finally information.
FieldReference	A class to represent the reference in a class file to a field.
FieldVector	Lightweight implementation of a vector of Fields.
InterfaceInvocation	Runtime system mechanisms and data structures to implement interface invocation.
InterfaceInvocation.IMTDict
InterfaceInvocation.IMTDict.Link
InterfaceMethodSignature	An interface method signature is a pair of atoms: interfaceMethodName + interfaceMethodDescriptor.
JMXSupport	Implements functionality to support JMX classloading beans.
LocalVariableTable	A java method's local variable information
LocalVariableTable.LocalVariable	Information needed to describe a local variable
MemberReference	A class to represent the reference in a class file to some member (field or method).
MethodReference	A class to represent the reference in a class file to a method of that class or interface.
MethodVector	Lightweight implementation of a vector of Fields.
NativeMethod	A native method of a java class.
NormalMethod	A method of a java class that has bytecodes.
Primitive	Description of a java "primitive" type (int, float, etc.)
RVMAnnotation	Internal representation of an annotation.
RVMAnnotation.AnnotationMember	A class to decode and hold the name and its associated value for an annotation member
RVMArray	Description of a java "array" type.
RVMClass	Description of a java "class" type.
RVMClassLoader	Manufacture type descriptions as needed by the running virtual machine.
RVMField	A field of a java class.
RVMMember	A field or method of a java class.
RVMMethod	A method of a java class corresponding to a method_info structure in the class file.
RVMType	A description of a java type.
SpecializedMethod	A method that is specialized across all reference types.
SpecializedMethodManager	The manager of specialized methods.
TableBasedDynamicLinker	Dynamic linking via indirection tables.
TypeDescriptorParsing	A Java class for parsing type descriptors and class names.
TypeReference	A class to represent the reference in a class file to some type (class, primitive or array).
TypeReferenceVector	Lightweight implementation of a vector of Fields.
UnboxedType	Description of an Unboxed Magic type.
UTF8Convert	Abstract class that contains conversion routines to/from utf8 and/or pseudo-utf8.
UTF8Convert.ByteArrayStringEncoderVisitor	Visitor that builds up a char[] as characters are decoded
UTF8Convert.ByteBufferStringEncoderVisitor	Visitor that builds up a char[] as characters are decoded
UTF8Convert.StringHashCodeVisitor	Visitor that builds up a String.hashCode form hashCode as characters are decoded
UTF8Convert.UTF8CharacterVisitor	UTF8 character visitor abstraction

Error Summary

Error	Description
BootImageMemberLookupError

Package org.jikesrvm.classloader Description

Provides classes that implement the classloading system as well as data types that represent Java entities like classes, fields, methods and primitives.

Code in the classloading subsystem must be carefully written not to cause dynamic classloading during the boot of the VM. This means that all necessary classes must be contained in the bootimage.