## org.apache.bcel.classfile
Class ClassParser

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.bcel.classfile.ClassParser

    public final class ClassParser

extends Object

Wrapper class that parses a given Java .class file. The method parse returns a JavaClass object on success. When an I/O error or an inconsistency occurs an appropiate exception is propagated back to the caller. The structure and the names comply, except for a few conveniences, exactly with the JVM specification 1.0. See this paper for further details about the structure of a bytecode file.

Version:
  $Id: ClassParser.java 386056 2006-03-15 11:31:56Z tcurdt $

Constructor Summary
`ClassParser(InputStream file, String file_name)` Parse class from the given stream.
`ClassParser(String file_name)` Parse class from given .class file.
`ClassParser(String zip_file, String file_name)` Parse class from given .class file in a ZIP-archive

Method Summary
`JavaClass` `parse()` Parse the given Java class file and return an object that represents the contained data, i.e., constants, methods, fields and commands.

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

Constructor Detail

### ClassParser

    public ClassParser(InputStream file,
                       String file_name)

  Parse class from the given stream.

  Parameters:
    `file` - Input stream
    `file_name` - File name

### ClassParser

    public ClassParser(String file_name)
                throws IOException

  Parse class from given .class file.

  Parameters:
    `file_name` - file name
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### ClassParser

    public ClassParser(String zip_file,
                       String file_name)

  Parse class from given .class file in a ZIP-archive

  Parameters:
    `zip_file` - zip file name
    `file_name` - file name

Method Detail

### parse

    public JavaClass parse()
                    throws IOException,
                           ClassFormatException

  Parse the given Java class file and return an object that represents the contained data, i.e., constants, methods, fields and commands. A ClassFormatException is raised, if the file is not a valid .class file. (This does not include verification of the byte code as it is performed by the java interpreter).

  Returns:
    Class object representing the parsed class file
  Throws:
    `IOException`
    `ClassFormatException`

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