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package ext.test4j.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);
}