Package org.aopalliance.reflect
This package provides a set of interfaces for implementing a generic reflection API.
The motivations of this package are to have a generic
reflection API with interfaces so that any AO system provider can
implement its own base program introspection package. In general,
we cannot use java.lang.reflect
since in most of the
AOP systems, this representation is not available (e.g. in
load-time systems or compile-time systems).
The implementor can implement this API for compile-time purpose (for instance based on a source-code analysis implementation), for a load-time purpose (mostly based on a bytecode-level implementation), or for a run-time purpose.
This package has be rougthly specified and really needs further investigations.
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Interface Summary Interface Description Class This element represents classes in the base program.ClassLocator This interface represents a specific unit locator for base program classes.Code This represents a piece of code in the program.CodeLocator This interface represents a locator on a base program piece of code.Field This represents a field of a class.Locator This interface represents a locator on the base program.Member This interface represents a class member.Metadata A metadata is a pair of values (key,data) that can be associated to a program unit.Method This represents a method of a class.ProgramUnit An abstract program unit.UnitLocator This interface represents a locator on a base program structural unit.