org.aspectj/loadtime/src/org/aspectj/weaver/loadtime/ClassPreProcessor.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2005 Contributors.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *   Alexandre Vasseur         initial implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime;

/**
 * Generic class pre processor interface that allows to separate the AspectJ 5 load time weaving
 * from Java 5 JVMTI interfaces for further use on Java 1.3 / 1.4
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:alex AT gnilux DOT com">Alexandre Vasseur</a>
 */
public interface ClassPreProcessor {

    /**
     * Post constructor initialization, usually empty
     */
    void initialize();

    /**
     * Weave
     *
     * @param className
     * @param bytes
     * @param classLoader
     * @return
     */
    byte[] preProcess(String className, byte[] bytes, ClassLoader classLoader);
}