I have a class
class Foo {
int increment(int x) {
return x + 1;
}
}
I want to obtain a copy of this class in runtime, e. g. a class like
class Foo$Copy1 {
int increment(int x) {
return x + 1;
}
}
Which has all the same methods, but a different name.
Proxy
seem to help with delegating, but not copying the methods with all their bodies.
In Java, there is no operator to create a copy of an object. Unlike C++, in Java, if we use the assignment operator then it will create a copy of the reference variable and not the object.
In Java, the Runtime class is used to interact with Every Java application that has a single instance of class Runtime that allows the application to interface with the environment in which the application is running. The current runtime can be obtained from the getRuntime() method.
You can use Byte Buddy for this:
Class<?> type = new ByteBuddy()
.redefine(Foo.class)
.name("Foo$Copy1")
.make()
.load(Foo.class.getClassLoader())
.getLoaded();
Method method = type.getDeclaredMethod("increment", int.class);
int result = (Integer) method.invoke(type.newInstance(), 1);
Note that this approach redefines any uses of the class within Foo
, e.g. if a method returned Foo
, it would now return Foo$Copy1
. Same goes for all code-references.
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