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


Denotes that an instruction may start the process of loading and resolving
the referenced class in the Virtual Machine.
Author:
 M. Dahm/**
 * Denotes that an instruction may start the process of loading and resolving
 * the referenced class in the Virtual Machine.
 *
 * @author  <A HREF="mailto:markus.dahm@berlin.de">M. Dahm</A>
 */
public interface LoadClass {
  
Returns the ObjectType of the referenced class or interface
that may be loaded and resolved.
Returns:
object type that may be loaded or null if a primitive is
referenced/**
   * Returns the ObjectType of the referenced class or interface
   * that may be loaded and resolved.
   * @return object type that may be loaded or null if a primitive is
   * referenced
   */
  public ObjectType getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen cpg);

  
Returns the type associated with this instruction.
LoadClass instances are always typed, but this type
does not always refer to the type of the class or interface
that it possibly forces to load. For example, GETFIELD would
return the type of the field and not the type of the class
where the field is defined.
If no class is forced to be loaded, null is returned.
An example for this is an ANEWARRAY instruction that creates
an int[][].
See Also:
getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen)/**
   * Returns the type associated with this instruction.
   * LoadClass instances are always typed, but this type
   * does not always refer to the type of the class or interface
   * that it possibly forces to load. For example, GETFIELD would
   * return the type of the field and not the type of the class
   * where the field is defined.
   * If no class is forced to be loaded, <B>null</B> is returned.
   * An example for this is an ANEWARRAY instruction that creates
   * an int[][].
   * @see #getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen)
   */
  public Type getType(ConstantPoolGen cpg);
}