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package scala.tools
package reflect
import scala.tools.nsc.Global
import scala.tools.nsc.reporters.Reporter
import scala.tools.nsc.Settings
/** A version of Global that uses reflection to get class
* infos, instead of reading class or source files.
*/
class ReflectGlobal(currentSettings: Settings, reporter: Reporter, override val rootClassLoader: ClassLoader)
extends Global(currentSettings, reporter) with scala.tools.reflect.ReflectSetup with scala.reflect.runtime.SymbolTable {
override def transformedType(sym: Symbol) =
erasure.transformInfo(sym,
uncurry.transformInfo(sym,
refChecks.transformInfo(sym, sym.info)))
override def isCompilerUniverse = true
// Typically `runtimeMirror` creates a new mirror for every new classloader
// and shares symbols between the created mirrors.
//
// However we can't do that for the compiler.
// The problem is that symbol sharing violates owner chain assumptions that the compiler has.
//
// For example, we can easily end up with a situation when:
//
// Predef defined in package scala loaded by the classloader that has scala-library.jar
//
// cannot be accessed in:
//
// package scala for the rootMirror of ReflectGlobal that might correspond to a different classloader
//
// This happens because, despite the fact that `Predef` is shared between multiple `scala` packages (i.e. multiple scopes)
// (each mirror has its own set package symbols, because of the peculiarities of symbol loading in scala),
// that `Predef` symbol only has a single owner, and this messes up visibility, which is calculated based on owners, not scopes.
override def runtimeMirror(cl: ClassLoader): Mirror = rootMirror
}