// Source: http://www.javablogging.com/dynamic-in-memory-compilation/ package org.nocket.rtcompile; import java.io.IOException; import java.security.SecureClassLoader; import javax.tools.FileObject; import javax.tools.ForwardingJavaFileManager; import javax.tools.JavaFileObject; import javax.tools.JavaFileObject.Kind; import javax.tools.StandardJavaFileManager; // TODO: Auto-generated Javadoc /** * The Class ClassFileManager. */ public class ClassFileManager extends ForwardingJavaFileManager { /** Instance of JavaClassObject that will store the compiled bytecode of our class. */ private JavaClassObject jclassObject; /** * Will initialize the manager with the specified standard java file manager. * * @param standardManager the standard manager */ public ClassFileManager(StandardJavaFileManager standardManager) { super(standardManager); } /** * Will be used by us to get the class loader for our compiled class. It * creates an anonymous class extending the SecureClassLoader which uses the * byte code created by the compiler and stored in the JavaClassObject, and * returns the Class for it * * @param location the location * @return the class loader */ @Override public ClassLoader getClassLoader(Location location) { return new SecureClassLoader() { @Override protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException { byte[] b = jclassObject.getBytes(); return super.defineClass(name, jclassObject.getBytes(), 0, b.length); } }; } /** * Gives the compiler an instance of the JavaClassObject so that the * compiler can write the byte code into it. * * @param location the location * @param className the class name * @param kind the kind * @param sibling the sibling * @return the java file for output * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred. */ @Override public JavaFileObject getJavaFileForOutput(Location location, String className, Kind kind, FileObject sibling) throws IOException { jclassObject = new JavaClassObject(className, kind); return jclassObject; } }