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com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile

public final Class ConstantClass

extends Constant
implements ConstantObject
Class Inheritance
All Implemented Interfaces
com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.ConstantObject
Imports
java.io.DataInput, .DataOutputStream, .IOException, com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Const
This class is derived from the abstract Constant and represents a reference to a (external) class.
See Also
Constant

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
private int
nameIndex

Inherited from com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant:
EMPTY_ARRAYtag

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
ConstantClass(final ConstantClass
Source to copy.
c)

Initialize from another object.

pack-priv
ConstantClass(final DataInput
Input stream
dataInput)

Constructs an instance from file data.

public
ConstantClass(final int
Name index in constant pool. Should refer to a ConstantUtf8.
nameIndex)

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public void
accept(final Visitor
Visitor object
v)

Implements abstract com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant.accept.

Implements com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Node.accept.

Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class.

public void
dump(final DataOutputStream
Output file stream
file)

Implements abstract com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant.dump.

Dumps constant class to file stream in binary format.

public String
getBytes(final ConstantPool cp)

Returns: dereferenced string

public Object

Returns:

String object
getConstantValue(final ConstantPool cp)

Implements com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.ConstantObject.getConstantValue.

Gets the object representing the constant, e.g., Long for ConstantLong.

public int
getNameIndex()

Returns: Name index in constant pool of class name.

public void
setNameIndex(final int
the name index in the constant pool of this Constant Class
nameIndex)

public String

Returns:

String representation.
toString()

Overrides com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant.toString.

Returns a string representation of the object.

Inherited from com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant:
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Field Detail

nameIndexback to summary
private int nameIndex

Constructor Detail

ConstantClassback to summary
public ConstantClass(final ConstantClass c)

Initialize from another object.

Parameters
c:ConstantClass

Source to copy.

ConstantClassback to summary
pack-priv ConstantClass(final DataInput dataInput) throws IOException

Constructs an instance from file data.

Parameters
dataInput:DataInput

Input stream

Exceptions
IOException:
if an I/O error occurs reading from the given dataInput.
ConstantClassback to summary
public ConstantClass(final int nameIndex)
Parameters
nameIndex:int

Name index in constant pool. Should refer to a ConstantUtf8.

Method Detail

acceptback to summary
public void accept(final Visitor v)

Implements abstract com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant.accept.

Implements com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Node.accept.

Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class. I.e., the hierarchy of methods, fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.

Parameters
v:Visitor

Visitor object

Annotations
@Override
dumpback to summary
public void dump(final DataOutputStream file) throws IOException

Implements abstract com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant.dump.

Dumps constant class to file stream in binary format.

Parameters
file:DataOutputStream

Output file stream

Annotations
@Override
Exceptions
IOException:
if an I/O error occurs writing to the DataOutputStream.
getBytesback to summary
public String getBytes(final ConstantPool cp)
Returns:String

dereferenced string

getConstantValueback to summary
public Object getConstantValue(final ConstantPool cp)

Implements com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.ConstantObject.getConstantValue.

Doc from com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.ConstantObject.getConstantValue.

Gets the object representing the constant, e.g., Long for ConstantLong.

Returns:Object

String object

Annotations
@Override
getNameIndexback to summary
public int getNameIndex()
Returns:int

Name index in constant pool of class name.

setNameIndexback to summary
public void setNameIndex(final int nameIndex)
Parameters
nameIndex:int

the name index in the constant pool of this Constant Class

toStringback to summary
public String toString()

Overrides com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant.toString.

Doc from java.lang.Object.toString.

Returns a string representation of the object. Satisfying this method's contract implies a non-null result must be returned.

Returns:String

String representation.

Annotations
@Override