org.apache.bcel.classfile

Class ConstantClass

Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, ConstantObject, Node, 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

Field Summary

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

tag

Constructor Summary

ConstantClass(int name_index)
ConstantClass(ConstantClass c)
Initialize from another object.

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(DataOutputStream file)
Dump constant class to file stream in binary format.
String
getBytes(ConstantPool cp)
Object
getConstantValue(ConstantPool cp)
int
getNameIndex()
void
setNameIndex(int name_index)
String
toString()

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

accept, clone, copy, dump, getTag, toString

Constructor Details

ConstantClass

public ConstantClass(int name_index)
Parameters:
name_index - Name index in constant pool. Should refer to a ConstantUtf8.

ConstantClass

public ConstantClass(ConstantClass c)
Initialize from another object.

Method Details

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
Overrides:
accept in interface Constant
Parameters:
v - Visitor object

dump

public final void dump(DataOutputStream file)
            throws IOException
Dump constant class to file stream in binary format.
Overrides:
dump in interface Constant
Parameters:
file - Output file stream

getBytes

public String getBytes(ConstantPool cp)
Returns:
dereferenced string

getConstantValue

public Object getConstantValue(ConstantPool cp)
Specified by:
getConstantValue in interface ConstantObject
Returns:
String object

getNameIndex

public final int getNameIndex()
Returns:
Name index in constant pool of class name.

setNameIndex

public final void setNameIndex(int name_index)
Parameters:

toString

public final String toString()
Overrides:
toString in interface Constant
Returns:
String representation.