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


import  com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Constants;
import  java.io.*;

This class is derived from the abstract Constant class and represents a reference to a Utf8 encoded string.
Author: M. Dahm
See Also:
/** * This class is derived from the abstract * <A HREF="com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.Constant.html">Constant</A> class * and represents a reference to a Utf8 encoded string. * * @author <A HREF="mailto:markus.dahm@berlin.de">M. Dahm</A> * @see Constant */
public final class ConstantUtf8 extends Constant { private String bytes;
Initialize from another object.
/** * Initialize from another object. */
public ConstantUtf8(ConstantUtf8 c) { this(c.getBytes()); }
Initialize instance from file data.
Params:
  • file – Input stream
Throws:
/** * Initialize instance from file data. * * @param file Input stream * @throws IOException */
ConstantUtf8(DataInputStream file) throws IOException { super(Constants.CONSTANT_Utf8); bytes = file.readUTF(); }
Params:
  • bytes – Data
/** * @param bytes Data */
public ConstantUtf8(String bytes) { super(Constants.CONSTANT_Utf8); if(bytes == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("bytes must not be null!"); this.bytes = bytes; }
Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitely defined by the contents of a Java class. I.e., the hierarchy of methods, fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.
Params:
  • v – Visitor object
/** * Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitely * defined by the contents of a Java class. I.e., the hierarchy of methods, * fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects. * * @param v Visitor object */
public void accept(Visitor v) { v.visitConstantUtf8(this); }
Dump String in Utf8 format to file stream.
Params:
  • file – Output file stream
Throws:
/** * Dump String in Utf8 format to file stream. * * @param file Output file stream * @throws IOException */
public final void dump(DataOutputStream file) throws IOException { file.writeByte(tag); file.writeUTF(bytes); }
Returns:Data converted to string.
/** * @return Data converted to string. */
public final String getBytes() { return bytes; }
@parambytes.
/** * @param bytes. */
public final void setBytes(String bytes) { this.bytes = bytes; }
Returns:String representation
/** * @return String representation */
public final String toString() { return super.toString() + "(\"" + Utility.replace(bytes, "\n", "\\n") + "\")"; } }