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package org.apache.bcel.classfile;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.bcel.Const;

Abstract super class for Fieldref, Methodref, InterfaceMethodref and InvokeDynamic constants.
See Also:
/** * Abstract super class for Fieldref, Methodref, InterfaceMethodref and * InvokeDynamic constants. * * @see ConstantFieldref * @see ConstantMethodref * @see ConstantInterfaceMethodref * @see ConstantInvokeDynamic */
public abstract class ConstantCP extends Constant { /** References to the constants containing the class and the field signature */ // Note that this field is used to store the // bootstrap_method_attr_index of a ConstantInvokeDynamic.
Deprecated:(since 6.0) will be made private; do not access directly, use getter/setter
/** * @deprecated (since 6.0) will be made private; do not access directly, use getter/setter */
@java.lang.Deprecated protected int class_index; // TODO make private (has getter & setter) // This field has the same meaning for all subclasses.
Deprecated:(since 6.0) will be made private; do not access directly, use getter/setter
/** * @deprecated (since 6.0) will be made private; do not access directly, use getter/setter */
@java.lang.Deprecated protected int name_and_type_index; // TODO make private (has getter & setter)
Initialize from another object.
/** * Initialize from another object. */
public ConstantCP(final ConstantCP c) { this(c.getTag(), c.getClassIndex(), c.getNameAndTypeIndex()); }
Initialize instance from file data.
Params:
  • tag – Constant type tag
  • file – Input stream
Throws:
/** * Initialize instance from file data. * * @param tag Constant type tag * @param file Input stream * @throws IOException */
ConstantCP(final byte tag, final DataInput file) throws IOException { this(tag, file.readUnsignedShort(), file.readUnsignedShort()); }
Params:
  • class_index – Reference to the class containing the field
  • name_and_type_index – and the field signature
/** * @param class_index Reference to the class containing the field * @param name_and_type_index and the field signature */
protected ConstantCP(final byte tag, final int class_index, final int name_and_type_index) { super(tag); this.class_index = class_index; this.name_and_type_index = name_and_type_index; }
Dump constant field reference to file stream in binary format.
Params:
  • file – Output file stream
Throws:
/** * Dump constant field reference to file stream in binary format. * * @param file Output file stream * @throws IOException */
@Override public final void dump( final DataOutputStream file ) throws IOException { file.writeByte(super.getTag()); file.writeShort(class_index); file.writeShort(name_and_type_index); }
Returns:Reference (index) to class this constant refers to.
/** * @return Reference (index) to class this constant refers to. */
public final int getClassIndex() { return class_index; }
Params:
  • class_index – points to Constant_class
/** * @param class_index points to Constant_class */
public final void setClassIndex( final int class_index ) { this.class_index = class_index; }
Returns:Reference (index) to signature of the field.
/** * @return Reference (index) to signature of the field. */
public final int getNameAndTypeIndex() { return name_and_type_index; }
Params:
  • name_and_type_index – points to Constant_NameAndType
/** * @param name_and_type_index points to Constant_NameAndType */
public final void setNameAndTypeIndex( final int name_and_type_index ) { this.name_and_type_index = name_and_type_index; }
Returns:Class this field belongs to.
/** * @return Class this field belongs to. */
public String getClass( final ConstantPool cp ) { return cp.constantToString(class_index, Const.CONSTANT_Class); }
Returns:String representation. not final as ConstantInvokeDynamic needs to modify
/** * @return String representation. * * not final as ConstantInvokeDynamic needs to modify */
@Override public String toString() { return super.toString() + "(class_index = " + class_index + ", name_and_type_index = " + name_and_type_index + ")"; } }