org.grouplens.grapht.util

Class ClassProxy

java.lang.Object

org.grouplens.grapht.util.ClassProxy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

@Immutable
public final class ClassProxy
extends Object
implements Serializable

A serialization proxy for class instances. This serializable class encapsulates a simple representation for classes when serializing object graphs.

When using this class, classes are serialized as their binary name, as returned by Class.getName(). The name encodes array information, so this is adequate to fully reconstruct the class.

Author:

GroupLens Research

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
String	getClassName() Get the class name.
int	hashCode()
static boolean	isSerializationPermissive()
static ClassProxy	of(Class<?> cls) Construct a class proxy for a class.
Class<?>	resolve() Resolve a class proxy to a class.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getClassName

public String getClassName()

Get the class name. This name does not include any array information.

Returns:

The class name.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

resolve

public Class<?> resolve()
                 throws ClassNotFoundException

Resolve a class proxy to a class.

Returns:

The class represented by this proxy.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class represented by this proxy cannot be found.

of

public static ClassProxy of(Class<?> cls)

Construct a class proxy for a class.

Parameters:

cls - The class.

Returns:

The class proxy.

isSerializationPermissive

public static boolean isSerializationPermissive()