/**
* (Re)Compiles the given source. This method starts the compilation of a given source, if the
* source has changed since the class was created. For this isSourceNewer is called.
*
* @param source the source pointer for the compilation
* @param className the name of the class to be generated
* @param oldClass a possible former class
* @return the old class if the source wasn't new enough, the new class else
* @throws CompilationFailedException if the compilation failed
* @throws IOException if the source is not readable
* @see #isSourceNewer(URL, Class)
*/
protected Class recompile(URL source, String className, Class oldClass)
throws CompilationFailedException, IOException {
if (source != null) {
// found a source, compile it if newer
if ((oldClass != null && isSourceNewer(source, oldClass)) || (oldClass == null)) {
synchronized (sourceCache) {
String name = source.toExternalForm();
sourceCache.remove(name);
if (isFile(source)) {
try {
return parseClass(
new GroovyCodeSource(new File(source.toURI()), config.getSourceEncoding()));
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
// do nothing and fall back to the other version
}
}
return parseClass(source.openStream(), name);
}
}
}
return oldClass;
}
/**
* removes a class from the class cache.
*
* @param name of the class
* @see #getClassCacheEntry(String)
* @see #setClassCacheEntry(Class)
* @see #clearCache()
*/
protected void removeClassCacheEntry(String name) {
synchronized (classCache) {
classCache.remove(name);
}
}