ClassParser

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.bcel.classfile.ClassParser

```
public final class ClassParser
extends Object
```
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 appropiate 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.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`ClassParser(InputStream inputStream, String fileName)`	Parses class from the given stream.
`ClassParser(String fileName)`	Parses class from given .class file.
`ClassParser(String zipFile, String fileName)`	Parses class from given .class file in a ZIP-archive

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`JavaClass`	`parse()`	Parses the given Java class file and return an object that represents the contained data, i.e., constants, methods, fields and commands.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ClassParser
```
public ClassParser(InputStream inputStream,
                   String fileName)
```
    Parses class from the given stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - Input stream
    
    fileName - File name
  - ClassParser
```
public ClassParser(String fileName)
```
    Parses class from given .class file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileName - file name
  - ClassParser
```
public ClassParser(String zipFile,
                   String fileName)
```
    Parses class from given .class file in a ZIP-archive
    
    Parameters:
    
    zipFile - zip file name
    
    fileName - file name
- Method Detail
  - parse
```
public JavaClass parse()
                throws IOException,
                       ClassFormatException
```
    Parses 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
    
    ClassFormatException