package sample; import javassist.*; /* A very simple sample program This program overwrites sample/Test.class (the class file of this class itself) for adding a method g(). If the method g() is not defined in class Test, then this program adds a copy of f() to the class Test with name g(). Otherwise, this program does not modify sample/Test.class at all. To see the modified class definition, execute: % javap sample.Test after running this program. */ public class Test { public int f(int i) { return i + 1; } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { ClassPool pool = ClassPool.getDefault(); CtClass cc = pool.get("sample.Test"); try { cc.getDeclaredMethod("g"); System.out.println("g() is already defined in sample.Test."); } catch (NotFoundException e) { /* getDeclaredMethod() throws an exception if g() * is not defined in sample.Test. */ CtMethod fMethod = cc.getDeclaredMethod("f"); CtMethod gMethod = CtNewMethod.copy(fMethod, "g", cc, null); cc.addMethod(gMethod); cc.writeFile(); // update the class file System.out.println("g() was added."); } } }