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interface
ClassTransformer
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Class Overview
A persistence provider provides an instance of this interface to the PersistenceUnitInfo.addTransformer method. The supplied transformer instance will get called to transform entity class files when they are loaded and redefined. The transformation occurs before the class is defined by the JVM
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Invoked when a class is being loaded or redefined to add hooks for persistence bytecode manipulation
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Public Methods
public abstract byte[] transform (ClassLoader loader, String classname, Class classBeingRedefined, ProtectionDomain protectionDomain, byte[] classfileBuffer)
Invoked when a class is being loaded or redefined to add hooks for persistence bytecode manipulation
Parameters
| loader | the defining class loaderof the class being transformed. It may be null if using bootstrap loader |
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| classname | The name of the class being transformed |
| classBeingRedefined | If an already loaded class is being redefined, then pass this as a parameter |
| protectionDomain | ProtectionDomain of the class being (re)-defined |
| classfileBuffer | The input byte buffer in class file format |
Returns
- A well-formed class file that can be loaded