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gnu.java.beans.encoder

Class ClassPersistenceDelegate

public class ClassPersistenceDelegate
extends PersistenceDelegate
The ClassPersistenceDelegate creates Expression instances which denote class resolutions.

The class resolution is always the last step when serializing a tree of objects. Due to the recursive nature of the algorithm we need a way to end the recursion. This is achieved by the implementation of this instantiate method. Arbitrary classes are described with a call to Class.forName. However for the Class class we call getClass() on a String.class instance. This in turn lead to the resolution of the String class which is always encoded as "".getClass(). Finally the Encoder treats strings in a special way so that the recursion ends here.

Method Summary

protected Expression
instantiate(Object oldInstance, Encoder out)

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PersistenceDelegate

initialize, instantiate, mutatesTo, writeObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

instantiate

protected Expression instantiate(Object oldInstance,
                                 Encoder out)
Overrides:
instantiate in interface PersistenceDelegate
ClassPersistenceDelegate.java - A PersistenceDelegate for the Class type. Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

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