com.ibm.wala.shrike.shrikeBT.analysis

Interface ClassHierarchyProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassHierarchyStore

public interface ClassHierarchyProvider

This interface provides information about the class hierarchy to some consumer, such as a bytecode verifier.

All class names are given in JVM type format, e.g., Ljava/lang/Object;.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String[]	getSubClasses(java.lang.String cl)
java.lang.String	getSuperClass(java.lang.String cl)
java.lang.String[]	getSuperInterfaces(java.lang.String cl)
int	isInterface(java.lang.String cl)

Method Detail

getSuperClass

java.lang.String getSuperClass(java.lang.String cl)

Returns:

the superclass of the given class, or null if the superclass is not known or cl is java.lang.Object

getSuperInterfaces

java.lang.String[] getSuperInterfaces(java.lang.String cl)

Returns:

the superinterfaces of the given class, or null if they are not known

getSubClasses

java.lang.String[] getSubClasses(java.lang.String cl)

Returns:

the complete set of direct subclasses or implementors of cl, or null if the complete set is not known

isInterface

int isInterface(java.lang.String cl)

Returns:

whether or not cl is an interface, or Constants.MAYBE if not known