This represents the information available in a Java .class file. This
interface is used by {@link ClosureCompilerImpl} for closure computation. The
interface only represents the information as needed by api scanning feature
in verifier. I expect it to evolve over time to something very similar to
BCEL's ClassFile. Now a note about different ways a Java class can be named
and in different places different names are used for the same Java class. 1)
In the format "p.a.b". This is what we use when declaring variables etc in a
Java code. I do not use this because this is not an unambiguous
representation of a Java class. By looking at p.a.b it is not possible to say
if b is an inner class in class p.a or b is an outer class in package p.a. 2)
In the format "p.outer$inner". It is what is used when we invoke java command
or Class.forName(). It is same as what is returned by
java.lang.Class.getName() method. It is an unambiguous representation of a
class name, because by looking at it, we can tell "inner" is an inner class
of a class "outer" which belongs to package p. By default our {@link
#getName()} returns in this format. 3) In the format "p/outer$inner" This is
the internal name of a class. It is called internal name because in byte code
this is what is encoded. It is again an unambiguous representation as this a
path expression. It is fairly simple to convert from 2 to 3 by a simple call
to String.replace('.','/'). Similarly to convert from 3 to 2, call
String.replace('/','.'); Here is a test of what you understood. What does
this class name "a$b.c$d.Foo$Bar$Goo" mean? "Goo" is an inner class in a
class "Foo$Bar" which is defined in a package "a$b.c$d".
names of the classes that are directly referenced by this class.
The returned class names are in internal form. This is done with
a purpose as it is easy to look up files with internal class
name.
the internal name of the Java class. Internal name is what is
available in file system, e.g. java/util/Map$Entry Pl note that a
Java Class name and package name can contain $, so when you see
a$b, don't assume it is an inner class.
the external name of this Java class. External name is of the
form java.util.Map$Entry. It is what is used when we invoke java
command or Class.forName(). It is same as what is returned by
java.lang.Class.getName() method. Pl note that a Java Class name
and package name can contain $, so when you see a$b, don't assume
it is an inner class.
internal package name of the Java class. Unlike class name,
package names do not have many forms. They are always specified
using dor notation (i.e. java.lang). See getName() method in
java.lang.Package class. Accordingly we have only one API for
package name. Returns "" for default package.
