Package org.apache.bcel.classfile

Class ConstantUtf8

java.lang.Object
org.apache.bcel.classfile.Constant
org.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantUtf8
All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, Node
public final class ConstantUtf8 extends Constant
Extends the abstract Constant to represent a reference to a UTF-8 encoded string.

The following system properties govern caching this class performs.

  • "bcel.maxcached" (since 6.4): The size of the cache, by default 0, meaning caching is disabled.
  • "bcel.maxcached.size" (since 6.0): The maximum size of the values to cache, by default 200, 0 disables caching. Values larger than this are not cached.
  • "bcel.statistics" (since 6.0): Prints statistics on the console when the JVM exits.

Here is a sample Maven invocation with caching disabled: 

 mvn test -Dbcel.statistics=true -Dbcel.maxcached.size=0 -Dbcel.maxcached=0

Here is a sample Maven invocation with caching enabled: 

 mvn test -Dbcel.statistics=true -Dbcel.maxcached.size=100000 -Dbcel.maxcached=5000000
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • ConstantUtf8

      public ConstantUtf8(ConstantUtf8 constantUtf8)
      Initializes from another object.
      Parameters:
      constantUtf8 - the value.

    • ConstantUtf8

      public ConstantUtf8(String value)
      Parameters:
      value - Data

  • Method Details

    • clearCache

      public static void clearCache()
      Clears the cache.
      Since:
      6.4.0

    • getCachedInstance

      public static ConstantUtf8 getCachedInstance(String value)
      Gets a new or cached instance of the given value.

      See ConstantUtf8 class Javadoc for details.

      Parameters:
      value - the value.
      Returns:
      a new or cached instance of the given value.
      Since:
      6.0

    • getInstance

      public static ConstantUtf8 getInstance(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException
      Gets a new or cached instance of the given value.

      See ConstantUtf8 class Javadoc for details.

      Parameters:
      dataInput - the value.
      Returns:
      a new or cached instance of the given value.
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
      Since:
      6.0

    • getInstance

      public static ConstantUtf8 getInstance(String value)
      Gets a new or cached instance of the given value.

      See ConstantUtf8 class Javadoc for details.

      Parameters:
      value - the value.
      Returns:
      a new or cached instance of the given value.
      Since:
      6.0

    • 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 void dump(DataOutputStream file) throws IOException
      Dumps String in Utf8 format to file stream.
      Specified by:
      dump in class Constant
      Parameters:
      file - Output file stream
      Throws:
      IOException

    • getBytes

      public String getBytes()
      Returns:
      Data converted to string.

    • setBytes

      @Deprecated public void setBytes(String bytes)
      Deprecated.
      (since 6.0)
      Parameters:
      bytes - the raw bytes of this UTF-8

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Constant
      Returns:
      String representation