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diff --git a/tutorial/tutorial.html b/tutorial/tutorial.html index 0598f60b..52a68e1c 100644 --- a/tutorial/tutorial.html +++ b/tutorial/tutorial.html @@ -400,6 +400,15 @@ program by a user-defined class loader. The latter one, as well as the program of the user-defined class loader, should be loaded by the system class loader. +<ul> +<b>Note:</b> The JVM does not allow dynamically reloading a class. +Once a class loader loads a class, it cannot reload a modified +version of that class during runtime. Thus, you cannot alter +the definition of a class after the JVM loads it. +However, the JPDA (Java Platform Debugger Architecture) provides +limited ability for reloading a class. See "HotSwap" of JPDA for details. +</ul> + <p><br> <h3>4.1 Class loading in Java</h3> @@ -589,15 +598,15 @@ The event-listener class must implement the following interface: <ul><pre>public interface Translator { public void start(ClassPool pool) throws NotFoundException, CannotCompileException; - public void onWrite(ClassPool pool, String classname) + public void onLoad(ClassPool pool, String classname) throws NotFoundException, CannotCompileException; }</pre></ul> <p>The method <code>start()</code> is called when this event listener is added to a <code>javassist.Loader</code> object by <code>addTranslator()</code> in <code>javassist.Loader</code>. The -method <code>onWrite()</code> is called before -<code>javassist.Loader</code> loads a class. <code>onWrite()</code> +method <code>onLoad()</code> is called before +<code>javassist.Loader</code> loads a class. <code>onLoad()</code> can modify the definition of the loaded class. <p>For example, the following event listener changes all classes @@ -606,7 +615,7 @@ to public classes just before they are loaded. <ul><pre>public class MyTranslator implements Translator { void start(ClassPool pool) throws NotFoundException, CannotCompileException {} - void onWrite(ClassPool pool, String classname) + void onLoad(ClassPool pool, String classname) throws NotFoundException, CannotCompileException { CtClass cc = pool.get(classname); @@ -614,7 +623,7 @@ to public classes just before they are loaded. } }</pre></ul> -<p>Note that <code>onWrite()</code> does not have to call +<p>Note that <code>onLoad()</code> does not have to call <code>toBytecode()</code> or <code>writeFile()</code> since <code>javassist.Loader</code> calls these methods to obtain a class file. |