Class ClassParser
java.lang.Object
org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassParser
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
 appropriate 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.
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Method Summary
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Constructor Details- 
ClassParserParses class from the given stream.- Parameters:
- inputStream- Input stream
 
 
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Method Details- 
parseParses 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- if an I/O error occurs.
- ClassFormatException- if a class is malformed or cannot be interpreted as a class file
 
 
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