Package com.webmethods.portal.service.classmanager

Interface IClassManager

All Superinterfaces:

IComponent, IComponentProvider, IInitializable, IURIResolver

public interface IClassManager
extends IComponentProvider

Manages dynamically deployed classes.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	COMPONENT_NAME	Default component name for ClassManager implementation
static final String	JSP_CLASS_GROUP_NAME

Fields inherited from interface com.webmethods.portal.system.IComponentProvider

ATTR_APP_NAME, ATTR_BEG_QUERY, ATTR_END_QUERY, ATTR_MID_QUERY, BIZPOLICY_MANAGER, CACHE_PROVIDER, COMMAND_PROVIDER, COMPONENTS_QUERY, INSTALL_PROVIDER, MECH_PROVIDER, METACONTEXT_PROVIDER, PHASE_PROVIDER, POLICY_PROVIDER, SEARCH_PROVIDER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	checkForAutoReload()
boolean	getAutoReload(String groupName)	Returns current auto reload status for class group
Class<?>	getClass(String className)	Returns Class object for the given className.
String	getClassPath()	Returns full class path
String	getFilePathForClass(String className, String contextName)
boolean	isClassRegistered(String className)	Checks whether or not the class is registered
void	registerClass(String className, String groupName, byte[] classData)	Registers class with a given className.
void	registerClasses(Map<String,byte[]> classes, String groupName)
void	reloadClass(String className)	Reloads class specified by className, this eventually calls reloadClasses(java.lang.String) for whole group
void	reloadClasses(String groupName)	Reloads all classes for the given group.
void	setAutoReload(String groupName, boolean enabled)	Marks classes group as autoreloadable from the 'dynamic classes folder'
void	unregisterClass(String className)	Unregisters (deletes) class from the MDS and dynamic classes folder

Methods inherited from interface com.webmethods.portal.system.IComponent

getComponentData, getComponentName, getComponentProvider, getURI, isInitialized, setComponentData, setComponentProvider

Methods inherited from interface com.webmethods.portal.system.IComponentProvider

exists, getComponent, getComponent, getComponent, getComponentQueryString, getComponents, getDefaultComponent, getLogger, initDeferredWebAppComponents, lookup, registerComponent, reloadComponent, reloadComponent, unregisterComponent, upgradeComponentDataFromBootstrapComponentData

Methods inherited from interface com.webmethods.portal.system.init.IInitializable

init, shutdown

Methods inherited from interface com.webmethods.portal.system.IURIResolver

acquireURI, acquireURI

Field Details

JSP_CLASS_GROUP_NAME

static final String JSP_CLASS_GROUP_NAME

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

COMPONENT_NAME

static final String COMPONENT_NAME

Default component name for ClassManager implementation

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

getClass

Class<?> getClass(String className)
           throws ClassNotFoundException

Returns Class object for the given className. If the class cannot be loaded throws exception.

Parameters:

className - the class name

Returns:

Class object for this class name or throws exception

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

getClassPath

String getClassPath()
             throws PortalException

Returns full class path

Returns:

full class path for the application

Throws:

PortalException

registerClass

void registerClass(String className,
 String groupName,
 byte[] classData)
            throws PortalException

Registers class with a given className. The groupName is the name of the class loader instance. Classes with the same groupName are phy meaning they can use instanceof and cast operations

Parameters:

className - the class name

groupName -

classData -

Throws:

PortalException

registerClasses

void registerClasses(Map<String,byte[]> classes,
 String groupName)
              throws PortalException

Throws:

PortalException

unregisterClass

void unregisterClass(String className)
              throws PortalException

Unregisters (deletes) class from the MDS and dynamic classes folder

Parameters:

className - the class name to unregister

Throws:

PortalException

isClassRegistered

boolean isClassRegistered(String className)
                   throws PortalException

Checks whether or not the class is registered

Parameters:

className - the class name to check

Returns:

true if the class is registeed

Throws:

PortalException

reloadClass

void reloadClass(String className)
          throws PortalException

Reloads class specified by className, this eventually calls reloadClasses(java.lang.String) for whole group

Parameters:

className - the class name

Throws:

PortalException

reloadClasses

void reloadClasses(String groupName)
            throws PortalException

Reloads all classes for the given group.

Parameters:

groupName - the class group name

Throws:

PortalException

setAutoReload

void setAutoReload(String groupName,
 boolean enabled)
            throws PortalException

Marks classes group as autoreloadable from the 'dynamic classes folder'

Parameters:

groupName -

Throws:

PortalException

getAutoReload

boolean getAutoReload(String groupName)
               throws PortalException

Returns current auto reload status for class group

Parameters:

groupName - the class group name

Returns:

true if this group checks for auto reload

Throws:

PortalException

checkForAutoReload

void checkForAutoReload()
                 throws PortalException

Throws:

PortalException

getFilePathForClass

String getFilePathForClass(String className,
 String contextName)