ClassDataProcessor.java

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package tr.com.serkanozal.jillegal.agent;

/**
 * Contact point for implementations which take given class data (bytecode) and
 * returns the processed version (no change or modified/instrumented).
 * 
 * @author Serkan OZAL
 */
public interface ClassDataProcessor {

    /**
     * Takes the given class data (bytecode) and 
     * returns the processed version (no change or modified/instrumented).
     * 
     * @param loader    the {@link ClassLoader} which loads the given class data (bytecode)
     * @param className name of the loaded class
     * @param classData bytecode of the class to be processed
     * @return processed version (no change or modified/instrumented) of the given class data
     */
    byte[] process(ClassLoader loader, String className, byte[] classData);
    
}