/*
* Copyright (c) 2007 Mockito contributors
* This program is made available under the terms of the MIT License.
*/
package org.powermock.api.mockito.repackaged.cglib.core;
/**
* The <code>GeneratorStrategy</code. is responsible for taking a
* {@link ClassGenerator} and producing a byte array containing the
* data for the generated <code>Class</code>. By providing your
* own strategy you may examine or modify the generated class before
* it is loaded. Typically this will be accomplished by subclassing
* {@link DefaultGeneratorStrategy} and overriding the appropriate
* protected method.
* @see AbstractClassGenerator#setStrategy
*/
public interface GeneratorStrategy {
/**
* Generate the class.
* @param cg a class generator on which you can call {@link ClassGenerator#generateClass}
* @return a byte array containing the bits of a valid Class
*/
byte[] generate(ClassGenerator cg) throws Exception;
/**
* The <code>GeneratorStrategy</code> in use does not currently, but may
* in the future, affect the caching of classes generated by {@link
* AbstractClassGenerator}, so this is a reminder that you should
* correctly implement <code>equals</code> and <code>hashCode</code>
* to avoid generating too many classes.
*/
boolean equals(Object o);
}