@ Override public ZooClass defineEmptyClass ( String className ) { DBTracer . logCall ( this , className ) ; checkValidity ( true ) ; if ( ! checkJavaClassNameConformity ( className ) ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Not a valid class name: \"" + className + "\"" ) ; } return sm . declareSchema ( className , null ) ; }
This declares a new database class schema . This method creates an empty class with no attributes . It does not consider any existing Java classes of the same name .