Interface ModuleReference

All Superinterfaces:: Mirror, ObjectReference, Value

public interface ModuleReference extends ObjectReference

A module in the target VM.

Any method on ModuleReference which directly or indirectly takes ModuleReference as a parameter may throw VMDisconnectedException if the target VM is disconnected and the VMDisconnectEvent has been or is available to be read from the EventQueue.

Any method on ModuleReference which directly or indirectly takes ModuleReference as a parameter may throw VMOutOfMemoryException if the target VM has run out of memory.

Any method on ModuleReference or which directly or indirectly takes ModuleReference as a parameter may throw InvalidModuleException if the mirrored module has been unloaded. Not all target virtual machines support this class. Use VirtualMachine.canGetModuleInfo() to determine if the class is supported.

Since:: 9

Field Summary

Fields declared in interface ObjectReference

INVOKE_NONVIRTUAL, INVOKE_SINGLE_THREADED

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ClassLoaderReference`	`classLoader()`	Returns the `ClassLoaderReference` object for this module.
`String`	`name()`	Returns the module name.

Methods declared in interface Mirror

toString, virtualMachine

Methods declared in interface ObjectReference

disableCollection, enableCollection, entryCount, equals, getValue, getValues, hashCode, invokeMethod, isCollected, owningThread, referenceType, referringObjects, setValue, uniqueID, waitingThreads

Methods declared in interface Value

type

Method Details

name

String name()

Returns the module name. This method returns null if this module is an unnamed module.

Returns:: the name of this module.

classLoader

ClassLoaderReference classLoader()

Returns the ClassLoaderReference object for this module.

Returns:: the ClassLoaderReference object for this module.

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