/**
* Lookup class somewhere found on your CLASSPATH, or whereever the repository instance looks for
* it.
*
* @return class object for given fully qualified class name, or null if the class could not be
* found or parsed correctly
*/
public static JavaClass lookupClass(String class_name) {
try {
JavaClass clazz = _repository.findClass(class_name);
if (clazz == null) {
return _repository.loadClass(class_name);
} else {
return clazz;
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
return null;
}
}
/** Remove class with given (fully qualified) name from repository. */
public static void removeClass(String clazz) {
_repository.removeClass(_repository.findClass(clazz));
}
/**
* Add clazz to repository if there isn't an equally named class already in there.
*
* @return old entry in repository
*/
public static JavaClass addClass(JavaClass clazz) {
JavaClass old = _repository.findClass(clazz.getClassName());
_repository.storeClass(clazz);
return old;
}