Oracle Corporation
Producing an internal representation of a type based on the type's source representation

Abstract:

Operations include determining a compile-time representation of a particular type. A request for the compile-time representation of the particular type comprises a source representation of the particular type. Based on and subsequent to receiving the request, a source representation of a source code file comprising the source representation of the particular type is generated. The source representation of the source code file is converted to a compile-time representation of the source code file. The compile-time representation of the particular type is derived from the source time representation of the source code file. The source code file may also be compiled to generate a set of compiled code. The set of compiled code may be loaded into a virtual machine for generating a runtime representation of the set of compiled code. A runtime representation of the particular type is derived from the runtime representation of the set of compiled code.