The OpenJ9 shared classes API, a persistent share which can contain classes, precompiled code (AOT),
JIT data, and other data used to improve start up performance and reduce memory footprint.
interface
SharedClassHelper API that stores and finds classes using String tokens.
interface
SharedClassHelper API that stores and finds classes by using URL classpaths.
interface
SharedClassHelper API that stores and finds classes by using URL paths.
class
SharedClassAbstractHelper provides common functions and data to class helper subclasses.
Utility function that returns a set of SharedClassHelper for a given ClassLoader.
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