java.lang.classfile.constantpool

public sealed Interface MethodRefEntry

Known Direct Implementers: jdk.internal.classfile.impl.AbstractPoolEntry.MethodRefEntryImpl
Imports: java.lang.constant.MethodTypeDesc, jdk.internal.classfile.impl.AbstractPoolEntry, .Util

Models a CONSTANT_MethodRef_info structure, or a symbolic reference to a class method, in the constant pool of a class file.

A class method reference entry is composite:

MethodRefEntry(
    ClassEntry owner,
    NameAndTypeEntry nameAndType
)

where the type in the NameAndTypeEntry is a method descriptor string.

Since: 24
Java Virtual Machine Specification: 4.4.2 The CONSTANT_Fieldref_info, CONSTANT_Methodref_info, and CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref_info Structures
See Also: ConstantPoolBuilder::methodRefEntry

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public default MethodTypeDesc	Returns: a symbolic descriptor for the method type typeSymbol() Returns a symbolic descriptor for the method type.

Inherited from java.lang.classfile.constantpool.MemberRefEntry:: name nameAndType owner type

typeSymbol	back to summary
public default MethodTypeDesc typeSymbol() Returns a symbolic descriptor for the method type. Returns:MethodTypeDesc a symbolic descriptor for the method type

typeSymbol

public default MethodTypeDesc typeSymbol()

Returns a symbolic descriptor for the method type.