OpenJDK 27 · java.lang.classfile.constantpool.MemberRefEntry

Superinterface modeling symbolic references to a member of a class or interface in the constant pool of a class file, which include references to fields, class methods, and interface methods.

Different types of symbolic references to a member of a class or interface bear structural similarities and share parts of the resolution processes, and they can sometimes appear in the same locations. For example, both MethodRefEntry and InterfaceMethodRefEntry can appear in an invokestatic instruction.

A member reference entry is composite:

MemberRefEntry(
    ClassEntry owner,
    NameAndTypeEntry nameAndType
)

Field Summary

Inherited from java.lang.classfile.constantpool.PoolEntry:: TAG_CLASS TAG_DOUBLE TAG_DYNAMIC TAG_FIELDREF TAG_FLOAT TAG_INTEGER TAG_INTERFACE_METHODREF TAG_INVOKE_DYNAMIC TAG_LONG TAG_METHOD_HANDLE TAG_METHOD_TYPE TAG_METHODREF TAG_MODULE TAG_NAME_AND_TYPE TAG_PACKAGE TAG_STRING TAG_UTF8

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public default Utf8Entry	Returns: the name of the member name() Returns the name of the member.
public NameAndTypeEntry	Returns: the name and descriptor string of the member nameAndType() Returns the name and descriptor string of the member.
public ClassEntry	Returns: the class or interface which this member belongs to owner() Returns the class or interface which this member belongs to.
public default Utf8Entry	Returns: the descriptor string of the member type() Returns the descriptor string of the member.

Inherited from java.lang.classfile.constantpool.PoolEntry:: constantPool index tag width

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public default Utf8Entry name() Returns the name of the member. Returns:Utf8Entry the name of the member

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public default Utf8Entry name()

Returns the name of the member.

Returns:Utf8Entry: the name of the member

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public NameAndTypeEntry nameAndType() Returns the name and descriptor string of the member. Returns:NameAndTypeEntry the name and descriptor string of the member

nameAndType

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public NameAndTypeEntry nameAndType()

Returns the name and descriptor string of the member.

Returns:NameAndTypeEntry: the name and descriptor string of the member

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public ClassEntry owner() Returns the class or interface which this member belongs to. Returns:ClassEntry the class or interface which this member belongs to

owner

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public ClassEntry owner()

Returns the class or interface which this member belongs to.

Returns:ClassEntry: the class or interface which this member belongs to

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public default Utf8Entry type() Returns the descriptor string of the member. This is a field descriptor string if this entry is a `FieldRefEntry`, or a method descriptor string if this entry is a `MethodRefEntry` or `InterfaceMethodRefEntry`. API Note Each subinterface defines a `typeSymbol()` accessor for the symbolic descriptor for the member type. Returns:Utf8Entry the descriptor string of the member

public default Utf8Entry type()

Returns the descriptor string of the member. This is a field descriptor string if this entry is a FieldRefEntry, or a method descriptor string if this entry is a MethodRefEntry or InterfaceMethodRefEntry.

API Note

Each subinterface defines a typeSymbol() accessor for the symbolic descriptor for the member type.

Returns:Utf8Entry: the descriptor string of the member

public sealed Interface MemberRefEntry

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