Package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.depend

# Class ClassFile

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

public class ClassFile extends 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.

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`ClassFile()`

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`Vector<String>`
`getClassRefs()`
Get the classes which this class references.
`String`
`getFullClassName()`
Get the class' fully qualified name in dot format.
`void`
`read(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 Details

### ClassFile

public ClassFile()

## Method Details

### read

public void read(InputStream stream) throws IOException, 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:
  `IOException` - if there is a problem reading from the given stream.
  `ClassFormatError` - if the class cannot be parsed correctly

### getClassRefs

public Vector<String> getClassRefs()
Get the classes which this class references.

Returns:
  a vector of class names which this class references

### getFullClassName

public String getFullClassName()
Get the class' fully qualified name in dot format.

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