org.apache.bcel.classfile
Class ConstantClass

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.bcel.classfile.Constant
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        +--org.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantClass

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, ConstantObject, Node, java.io.Serializable

public final class ConstantClass

extends Constant

implements ConstantObject

This class is derived from the abstract Constant class and represents a reference to a (external) class.

Version:

$Id: ConstantClass.java,v 1.3 2002/03/11 16:16:35 mdahm Exp $

Author:

M. Dahm

See Also:

Constant, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.bcel.classfile.Constant

tag

Constructor Summary

ConstantClass(ConstantClass c)
Initialize from another object.

ConstantClass(int name_index)

Method Summary

void	accept(Visitor v) Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitely defined by the contents of a Java class.
void	dump(java.io.DataOutputStream file) Dump constant class to file stream in binary format.
java.lang.String	getBytes(ConstantPool cp)
java.lang.Object	getConstantValue(ConstantPool cp)
int	getNameIndex()
void	setNameIndex(int name_index)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.bcel.classfile.Constant

clone, copy, getTag

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConstantClass

public ConstantClass(ConstantClass c)

Initialize from another object.

ConstantClass

public ConstantClass(int name_index)

Parameters:

name_index - Name index in constant pool. Should refer to a ConstantUtf8.

Method Detail

accept

public void accept(Visitor v)

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.

Specified by:

accept in interface Node

Specified by:

accept in class Constant

Parameters:

v - Visitor object

dump

public final void dump(java.io.DataOutputStream file)
                throws java.io.IOException

Dump constant class to file stream in binary format.

Specified by:

dump in class Constant

Parameters:

file - Output file stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getNameIndex

public final int getNameIndex()

Returns:

Name index in constant pool of class name.

setNameIndex

public final void setNameIndex(int name_index)

getConstantValue

public java.lang.Object getConstantValue(ConstantPool cp)

Specified by:

getConstantValue in interface ConstantObject

Returns:

String object

getBytes

public java.lang.String getBytes(ConstantPool cp)

Returns:

dereferenced string

toString

public final java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Constant

Returns:

String representation.