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Interface IPackage

All Known Implementing Classes:

Package

public abstract interface IPackage

IPackage is an interface for internal representations of known packages to store and retrieve the classes defined within them.

Author:

CarlManning, caroma@ai.mit.edu
Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

See Also:

Package

Method Summary

String	getFullName()
IClass	getIClass(String simpleClassName)
IPackage	getIPackage(String simplePackageName, boolean suppressPackageNameCheck) creates new IPackage if name is unknown and package name check is suppressed.
String	getSimpleName()
IClass	put(String simpleClassName, IClass aClass, boolean overwriteOldClass)

Method Detail

getFullName

public String getFullName()

getSimpleName

public String getSimpleName()

put

public IClass put(String simpleClassName,
                  IClass aClass,
                  boolean overwriteOldClass)

getIClass

public IClass getIClass(String simpleClassName)

getIPackage

public IPackage getIPackage(String simplePackageName,
                            boolean suppressPackageNameCheck)
                     throws IllegalArgumentException

creates new IPackage if name is unknown and package name check is suppressed. If not suppressed, package name check checks for a corresponding directory name in classpath.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if name not found in classpath