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8014659: NPG: performance counters for compressed klass space Reviewed-by: mgerdin, coleenp, hseigel, jmasa, ctornqvi
author ehelin
date Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:47:32 +0200
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package com.oracle.java.testlibrary;

import java.security.SecureClassLoader;

/**
 * {@code ByteCodeLoader} can be used for easy loading of byte code already
 * present in memory.
 *
 * {@code InMemoryCompiler} can be used for compiling source code in a string
 * into byte code, which then can be loaded with {@code ByteCodeLoader}.
 *
 * @see InMemoryCompiler
 */
public class ByteCodeLoader extends SecureClassLoader {
    private final String className;
    private final byte[] byteCode;

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code ByteCodeLoader} ready to load a class with the
     * given name and the given byte code.
     *
     * @param className The name of the class
     * @param byteCode The byte code of the class
     */
    public ByteCodeLoader(String className, byte[] byteCode) {
        this.className = className;
        this.byteCode = byteCode;
    }

    @Override
    protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        if (!name.equals(className)) {
            throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
        }

        return defineClass(name, byteCode, 0, byteCode.length);
    }

    /**
     * Utility method for creating a new {@code ByteCodeLoader} and then
     * directly load the given byte code.
     *
     * @param className The name of the class
     * @param byteCode The byte code for the class
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class can't be loaded
     * @return A {@see Class} object representing the class
     */
    public static Class<?> load(String className, byte[] byteCode) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return new ByteCodeLoader(className, byteCode).loadClass(className);
    }
}