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 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corporation and others.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
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 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;


Description of a constant pool as described in the JVM specifications.
This interface may be implemented by clients.

Since:2.0
/**
 * Description of a constant pool as described in the JVM specifications.
 *
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface IConstantPool {

	
Answer back the number of entries in the constant pool.

Returns:the number of entries in the constant pool
/**
	 * Answer back the number of entries in the constant pool.
	 *
	 * @return the number of entries in the constant pool
	 */
	int getConstantPoolCount();

	
Answer back the type of the entry at the given index in the constant pool.

Params:
  • index – the index of the entry in the constant pool
Returns:the type of the entry at the index @index in the constant pool
/**
	 * Answer back the type of the entry at the given index in the constant pool.
	 *
	 * @param index the index of the entry in the constant pool
	 * @return the type of the entry at the index @index in the constant pool
	 */
	int getEntryKind(int index);

	
Answer back the entry at the given index in the constant pool.

The return value can be an instance of IConstantPoolEntry2 if the value returned by getEntryKind(int) is either IConstantPoolConstant.CONSTANT_MethodHandle, IConstantPoolConstant.CONSTANT_MethodType, IConstantPoolConstant.CONSTANT_InvokeDynamic, IConstantPoolConstant.CONSTANT_Dynamic.


The return value can be an instance of IConstantPoolEntry3 if the value returned by getEntryKind(int) is either IConstantPoolConstant.CONSTANT_Module or IConstantPoolConstant.CONSTANT_Package.


Params:
  • index – the index of the entry in the constant pool
Returns:the entry at the given index in the constant pool
/**
	 * Answer back the entry at the given index in the constant pool.
	 *
	 * <p>The return value can be an instance of {@link IConstantPoolEntry2} if the value returned
	 * by {@link #getEntryKind(int)} is either {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_MethodHandle},
	 * {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_MethodType},
	 * {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_InvokeDynamic},
	 * {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_Dynamic}.</p>
	 *
	 * <p>The return value can be an instance of {@link IConstantPoolEntry3} if the value returned
	 * by {@link #getEntryKind(int)} is either {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_Module}
	 * or {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_Package}.</p>
	 *
	 * @param index the index of the entry in the constant pool
	 * @return the entry at the given index in the constant pool
	 */
	IConstantPoolEntry decodeEntry(int index);
}