sf.qof.util
Class ClassGenerationCache

java.lang.Object
  sf.qof.util.ClassGenerationCache

public final class ClassGenerationCache
extends Object

Caches generated classes according to a specified key. ClassGenerationCache is thread-safe. Classes are cached separately for each class loader.

Method Summary

static Class<?>	getCachedClass(Class<?>... key) Returns a cached class for a specified key.
static void	putCachedClass(Class<?> clazz, Class<?>... key) Puts a class into the class cache specified by a key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getCachedClass

public static Class<?> getCachedClass(Class<?>... key)

Returns a cached class for a specified key. If no class can be found for the specified key null is returned and the key is marked for generation. If a key is marked for generation by another thread this method waits till the other thread completes generation.

Parameters:

key - key for the cached class

Returns:

the cached class or null if not found

putCachedClass

public static void putCachedClass(Class<?> clazz,
                                  Class<?>... key)

Puts a class into the class cache specified by a key. If the class is null the key is removed.

Parameters:

clazz - the cached class

key - the key