Module org.eclipse.jetty.util

Package org.eclipse.jetty.util

Interface ClassVisibilityChecker

public interface ClassVisibilityChecker

Interface to be implemented by classes capable of checking class visibility for a context.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isHiddenClass(Class<?> clazz)	Is the class a Hidden (Server) Class.
boolean	isProtectedClass(Class<?> clazz)	Is the class a Protected (System) Class.
default boolean	isServerClass(Class<?> clazz)	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. use isHiddenClass(Class)
default boolean	isSystemClass(Class<?> clazz)	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. use isProtectedClass(Class)

Method Details

isProtectedClass

boolean isProtectedClass(Class<?> clazz)

Is the class a Protected (System) Class. A System class is a class that is visible to a web application, but that cannot be overridden by the contents of WEB-INF/lib or WEB-INF/classes

Parameters:

clazz - The fully qualified name of the class.

Returns:

True if the class is a system class.

isHiddenClass

boolean isHiddenClass(Class<?> clazz)

Is the class a Hidden (Server) Class. A Server class is a class that is part of the implementation of the server and is NOT visible to a web application. The web application may provide its own implementation of the class, to be loaded from WEB-INF/lib or WEB-INF/classes

Parameters:

clazz - The fully qualified name of the class.

Returns:

True if the class is a server class.

isSystemClass

@Deprecated(forRemoval=true,
            since="12.0.9")
default boolean isSystemClass(Class<?> clazz)

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

use isProtectedClass(Class)

Is the class a System Class. A System class is a class that is visible to a web application, but that cannot be overridden by the contents of WEB-INF/lib or WEB-INF/classes

Parameters:

clazz - The fully qualified name of the class.

Returns:

True if the class is a system class.

isServerClass

@Deprecated(forRemoval=true,
            since="12.0.9")
default boolean isServerClass(Class<?> clazz)

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

use isHiddenClass(Class)

Is the class a Server Class. A Server class is a class that is part of the implementation of the server and is NOT visible to a web application. The web application may provide its own implementation of the class, to be loaded from WEB-INF/lib or WEB-INF/classes

Parameters:

clazz - The fully qualified name of the class.

Returns:

True if the class is a server class.