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package com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.generic;
import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Constants;


import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;

Super class for FieldGen and MethodGen objects, since they have
some methods in common!
Author:
 M. Dahm/**
 * Super class for FieldGen and MethodGen objects, since they have
 * some methods in common!
 *
 * @author  <A HREF="mailto:markus.dahm@berlin.de">M. Dahm</A>
 */
public abstract class FieldGenOrMethodGen extends AccessFlags
  implements NamedAndTyped, Cloneable
{
  protected String          name;
  protected Type            type;
  protected ConstantPoolGen cp;
  private   ArrayList       attribute_vec = new ArrayList();

  protected FieldGenOrMethodGen() {}

  public void            setType(Type type)   {
    if(type.getType() == Constants.T_ADDRESS)
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Type can not be " + type);

    this.type = type;
  }
  public Type            getType()            { return type; }

  
Returns:
name of method/field./** @return name of method/field.
   */
  public String          getName()            { return name; }
  public void            setName(String name) { this.name = name; }

  public ConstantPoolGen getConstantPool()                   { return cp; }
  public void            setConstantPool(ConstantPoolGen cp) { this.cp = cp; }

  
Add an attribute to this method. Currently, the JVM knows about
the `Code', `ConstantValue', `Synthetic' and `Exceptions'
attributes. Other attributes will be ignored by the JVM but do no
harm.
Params:
a – attribute to be added/**
   * Add an attribute to this method. Currently, the JVM knows about
   * the `Code', `ConstantValue', `Synthetic' and `Exceptions'
   * attributes. Other attributes will be ignored by the JVM but do no
   * harm.
   *
   * @param a attribute to be added
   */
  public void addAttribute(Attribute a) { attribute_vec.add(a); }

  
Remove an attribute.
/**
   * Remove an attribute.
   */
  public void removeAttribute(Attribute a) { attribute_vec.remove(a); }

  
Remove all attributes.
/**
   * Remove all attributes.
   */
  public void removeAttributes() { attribute_vec.clear(); }

  
Returns:
all attributes of this method./**
   * @return all attributes of this method.
   */
  public Attribute[] getAttributes() {
    Attribute[] attributes = new Attribute[attribute_vec.size()];
    attribute_vec.toArray(attributes);
    return attributes;
  }

  
Returns:
signature of method/field./** @return signature of method/field.
   */
  public abstract String  getSignature();

  public Object clone() {
    try {
      return super.clone();
    } catch(CloneNotSupportedException e) {
      System.err.println(e);
      return null;
    }
  }
}