bsh

Class ClassGeneratorUtil

Implemented Interfaces:
bsh.org.objectweb.asm.Constants

public class ClassGeneratorUtil
extends java.lang.Object
implements bsh.org.objectweb.asm.Constants

ClassGeneratorUtil utilizes the ASM (www.objectweb.org) bytecode generator by Eric Bruneton in order to generate class "stubs" for BeanShell at runtime.

Stub classes contain all of the fields of a BeanShell scripted class as well as two "callback" references to BeanShell namespaces: one for static methods and one for instance methods. Methods of the class are delegators which invoke corresponding methods on either the static or instance bsh object and then unpack and return the results. The static namespace utilizes a static import to delegate variable access to the class' static fields. The instance namespace utilizes a dynamic import (i.e. mixin) to delegate variable access to the class' instance variables.

Constructors for the class delegate to the static initInstance() method of ClassGeneratorUtil to initialize new instances of the object. initInstance() invokes the instance intializer code (init vars and instance blocks) and then delegates to the corresponding scripted constructor method in the instance namespace. Constructors contain special switch logic which allows the BeanShell to control the calling of alternate constructors (this() or super() references) at runtime.

Specially named superclass delegator methods are also generated in order to allow BeanShell to access overridden methods of the superclass (which reflection does not normally allow).

Author:
Pat Niemeyer

Nested Class Summary

static class
ClassGeneratorUtil.ConstructorArgs
A ConstructorArgs object holds evaluated arguments for a constructor call as well as the index of a possible alternate selector to invoke.

Constructor Summary

ClassGeneratorUtil(Modifiers classModifiers, String className, String packageName, Class superClass, Class[] interfaces, Variable[] vars, DelayedEvalBshMethod[] bshmethods, NameSpace classStaticNameSpace, boolean isInterface)

Method Summary

byte[]
generateClass()
Generate the class bytecode for this class.
static void
generateParameterReifierCode(String[] paramTypes, boolean isStatic, bsh.org.objectweb.asm.CodeVisitor cv)
Generates the code to reify the arguments of the given method.
static void
generateReturnCode(String returnType, bsh.org.objectweb.asm.CodeVisitor cv)
Generates the code to unreify the result of the given method.
static ClassGeneratorUtil.ConstructorArgs
getConstructorArgs(String superClassName, This classStaticThis, Object[] consArgs, int index)
Evaluate the arguments (if any) for the constructor specified by the constructor index.
static void
initInstance(Object instance, String className, Object[] args)
Initialize an instance of the class.

Constructor Details

ClassGeneratorUtil

public ClassGeneratorUtil(Modifiers classModifiers,
                          String className,
                          String packageName,
                          Class superClass,
                          Class[] interfaces,
                          Variable[] vars,
                          DelayedEvalBshMethod[] bshmethods,
                          NameSpace classStaticNameSpace,
                          boolean isInterface)
Parameters:
packageName - e.g. "com.foo.bar"

Method Details

generateClass

public byte[] generateClass()
Generate the class bytecode for this class.

generateParameterReifierCode

public static void generateParameterReifierCode(String[] paramTypes,
                                                boolean isStatic,
                                                bsh.org.objectweb.asm.CodeVisitor cv)
Generates the code to reify the arguments of the given method. For a method "int m (int i, String s)", this code is the bytecode corresponding to the "new Object[] { new bsh.Primitive(i), s }" expression.
Parameters:
isStatic - the enclosing methods is static
cv - the code visitor to be used to generate the bytecode.
Authors:
Eric Bruneton
Pat Niemeyer

generateReturnCode

public static void generateReturnCode(String returnType,
                                      bsh.org.objectweb.asm.CodeVisitor cv)
Generates the code to unreify the result of the given method. For a method "int m (int i, String s)", this code is the bytecode corresponding to the "((Integer)...).intValue()" expression.
Parameters:
cv - the code visitor to be used to generate the bytecode.
Authors:
Eric Bruneton
Pat Niemeyer

getConstructorArgs

public static ClassGeneratorUtil.ConstructorArgs getConstructorArgs(String superClassName,
                                                                    This classStaticThis,
                                                                    Object[] consArgs,
                                                                    int index)
Evaluate the arguments (if any) for the constructor specified by the constructor index. Return the ConstructorArgs object which contains the actual arguments to the alternate constructor and also the index of that constructor for the constructor switch.
Parameters:
consArgs - the arguments to the constructor. These are necessary in the evaluation of the alt constructor args. e.g. Foo(a) { super(a); }
Returns:
the ConstructorArgs object containing a constructor selector and evaluated arguments for the alternate constructor

initInstance

public static void initInstance(Object instance,
                                String className,
                                Object[] args)
Initialize an instance of the class. This method is called from the generated class constructor to evaluate the instance initializer and scripted constructor in the instance namespace.

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