Structural Identification of Dynamically-Generated, Pattern-Based Classes

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that when executed on a computing device cause the computing device to perform:

• encoding information identifying a generator function and one or more parameters as a structural description identifying a new class, wherein the generator function is configured to generate the new class according to the one or more parameters;
• executing the generator function identified by the structural description using the one or more parameters identified by the structural description as input to the generator function to generate the new class;
• and
• applying the structural description including the encoded information identifying the generator function and the one or more parameters as a class name for the new class during loading and execution of the new class in a runtime environment.

A method, comprising:

• encoding information identifying a generator function and one or more parameters as a structural description identifying a new class, wherein the generator function is configured to generate the new class according to the one or more parameters;
• executing the generator function identified by the structural description using the one or more parameters identified by the structural description as input to the generator function to generate the new class;
• and
• applying the structural description including the encoded information identifying the generator function and the one or more parameters as a class name for the new class during loading and execution of the new class in a runtime environment.

A computing device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising program instructions, that when executed on the processor cause the processor to:
• identify, in a class file, a class name comprising a structural description, wherein the structural description comprises information identifying a generator function and one or more parameters for the generator function;
• execute the generator function, wherein to execute the generator function the program instructions further cause the processor to provide the one or more parameters as input to the generator function;
• and
• generate, based at least in part on results from executing the generator function, a class corresponding to the class name.