org.eclipse.jetty.util

Interface ClassVisibilityChecker

All Known Subinterfaces:

WebAppClassLoader.Context

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingWebAppClassLoader, WebAppClassLoader, WebAppContext

public interface ClassVisibilityChecker

ClassVisibilityChecker Interface to be implemented by classes capable of checking class visibility for a context.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isServerClass(Class<?> clazz) Is the class a Server Class.
boolean	isSystemClass(Class<?> clazz) Is the class a System Class.

Method Detail

isSystemClass

boolean isSystemClass(Class<?> clazz)

Is the class a System Class. A System class is a class that is visible to a webapplication, but that cannot be overridden by the contents of WEB-INF/lib or WEB-INF/classes

Parameters:

clazz - The fully qualified name of the class.

Returns:

True if the class is a system class.

isServerClass

boolean isServerClass(Class<?> clazz)

Is the class a Server Class. A Server class is a class that is part of the implementation of the server and is NIT visible to a webapplication. The web application may provide it's own implementation of the class, to be loaded from WEB-INF/lib or WEB-INF/classes

Parameters:

clazz - The fully qualified name of the class.

Returns:

True if the class is a server class.