classpathhelper
Interface SessionCache

public interface SessionCache

A generic cache object that floats around the system saving references to common calculated classes (particularly strings).

Since:

1.1

Author:

bharris

Method Summary

java.lang.String	classToPath(java.lang.String classname) Method for retreiving the expected path of a classname.
ClassDescription	getClassDescription(java.lang.String classname) A mapping between a class name and its description.
java.lang.String[]	getClassName(java.lang.String pathName) Retrieves the class name given a path to a java class (including .class extension)
java.lang.String	getPackageName(java.lang.String pathName) Method that returns the package name from a path.

Method Detail

getPackageName

public java.lang.String getPackageName(java.lang.String pathName)

Method that returns the package name from a path.

Parameters:

pathName - The full path name.

Returns:

The appropriate package name.

Since:

1.1

getClassName

public java.lang.String[] getClassName(java.lang.String pathName)

Retrieves the class name given a path to a java class (including .class extension)

Parameters:

pathName - The path to the class.

Returns:

Array of length 2, first parameter is the individual name, second is the fully qualifed. When the class is in the default package, both names are the same.

Since:

1.1

classToPath

public java.lang.String classToPath(java.lang.String classname)

Method for retreiving the expected path of a classname.

Parameters:

classname - The classname

Returns:

A string representing the expected path ('/' used as path seperator).

Since:

1.1

getClassDescription

public ClassDescription getClassDescription(java.lang.String classname)

A mapping between a class name and its description.

Parameters:

classname - The class name

Returns:

The description.

Since:

1.1