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- /*
- * @(#)Class.java 1.14 95/01/31
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
- * and its documentation for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes and without
- * fee is hereby granted provided that this copyright notice
- * appears in all copies. Please refer to the file "copyright.html"
- * for further important copyright and licensing information.
- *
- * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF
- * THE SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
- * TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
- * PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
- * ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR
- * DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
- */
-
- package java.lang;
-
- /**
- * Class objects contain runtime representations of classes. Every
- * object in the system is an instance of some class, and for each class
- * there is one of these descriptor objects. A class descriptor is not
- * modifiable at runtime.<p>
- * The following example uses a Class object to print the class name
- * of an object:
- * <pre>
- * void printClassName(Object obj) {
- * System.out.println("The class of " + obj +
- * " is " + obj.getClass().getName());
- * }
- * </pre>
- * @version 1.14, 31 Jan 1995
- */
- public final
- class Class {
- /**
- * Make sure nobody instantiates this class
- */
- private Class() {}
-
- /**
- * Returns the runtime class descriptor for the specified class.
- * For example the following code fragment returns the runtime
- * class descriptor for the class named java.lang.Thread:
- * <pre>
- * Class t = Class.forName("java.lang.Thread")
- * </pre>
- * @param className the fully qualified name of the desired class
- * @return the class
- * @exception NoClassDefFoundException the class could not be found
- */
- public static native Class forName(String className);
-
- /**
- * Creates an new instance of this class.
- * @return the new instance
- * @exception IncompatibleTypeException you can't instanciate interfaces
- * @exception OutOfMemoryException out of memory
- */
- public native Object newInstance();
-
- /**
- * Returns the name of this class.
- */
- public native String getName();
-
- /**
- * Returns the superclass of this class.
- */
- public native Class getSuperclass();
-
- /**
- * Returns the interfaces of this class.
- * @return the interfaces of this class, an array of length
- * 0 is returned if the class implements no interfaces.
- */
- public native Class getInterfaces()[];
-
- /**
- * Returns the class loader of this class.
- * @return the class loader of this class, null is returned
- * if the class has no class loader.
- * @see ClassLoader
- */
- public native ClassLoader getClassLoader();
-
- /**
- * Returns true if this class is an interface, false otherwise.
- * @return a boolean indicating whether this class is an interface
- */
- public native boolean isInterface();
-
- /**
- * Returns the name of this class or this interface. The word
- * "class" is prepended if it is a class; the word "interface is
- * is prepended if it is an interface.
- * @return a string representing this class or interface
- */
- public String toString() {
- return (isInterface() ? "interface " : "class ") + getName();
- }
- }
-
-