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package org.hibernate.bytecode;
import org.hibernate.bytecode.util.ClassFilter;
import org.hibernate.bytecode.util.FieldFilter;
/**
* Contract for providers of bytecode services to Hibernate.
*
* Bytecode requirements break down into basically 3 areas
* - proxy generation (both for runtime-lazy-loading and basic proxy generation)
* {@link #getProxyFactoryFactory()}
*
- bean reflection optimization {@link #getReflectionOptimizer}
*
- field-access instrumentation {@link #getTransformer}
*
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface BytecodeProvider {
/**
* Retrieve the specific factory for this provider capable of
* generating run-time proxies for lazy-loading purposes.
*
* @return The provider specific factory.
*/
public ProxyFactoryFactory getProxyFactoryFactory();
/**
* Retrieve the ReflectionOptimizer delegate for this provider
* capable of generating reflection optimization components.
*
* @param clazz The class to be reflected upon.
* @param getterNames Names of all property getters to be accessed via reflection.
* @param setterNames Names of all property setters to be accessed via reflection.
* @param types The types of all properties to be accessed.
* @return The reflection optimization delegate.
*/
public ReflectionOptimizer getReflectionOptimizer(Class clazz, String[] getterNames, String[] setterNames, Class[] types);
/**
* Generate a ClassTransformer capable of performing bytecode manipulation.
*
* @param classFilter filter used to limit which classes are to be instrumented
* via this ClassTransformer.
* @param fieldFilter filter used to limit which fields are to be instrumented
* via this ClassTransformer.
* @return The appropriate ClassTransformer.
*/
public ClassTransformer getTransformer(ClassFilter classFilter, FieldFilter fieldFilter);
}