## org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.depend
Class ClassFile

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.depend.ClassFile

public class ClassFile
extends java.lang.Object

A ClassFile object stores information about a Java class. The class may be read from a DataInputStream.and written to a DataOutputStream. These are usually streams from a Java class file or a class file component of a Jar file.

Author:
  Conor MacNeill

Constructor Summary
`ClassFile()`

Method Summary
`java.util.Vector` `getClassRefs()` Get the classes which this class references.
`java.lang.String` `getFullClassName()` Get the class' fully qualified name in dot format.
`void` `read(java.io.InputStream stream)` Read the class from a data stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### ClassFile

    public ClassFile()

Method Detail

### read

    public void read(java.io.InputStream stream)
              throws java.io.IOException,
                     java.lang.ClassFormatError

  Read the class from a data stream. This method takes an InputStream as input and parses the class from the stream.

  Parameters:
    `stream` - an InputStream from which the class will be read
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if there is a problem reading from the given stream.
    `java.lang.ClassFormatError` - if the class cannot be parsed correctly

### getClassRefs

    public java.util.Vector getClassRefs()

  Get the classes which this class references.

  Returns:
    a vector of class names which this class references

### getFullClassName

    public java.lang.String getFullClassName()

  Get the class' fully qualified name in dot format.

  Returns:
    the class name in dot format (eg. java.lang.Object)

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