Package org.apache.bcel.classfile

Class ConstantClass

java.lang.Object

org.apache.bcel.classfile.Constant

org.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantClass

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, ConstantObject, Node

public final class ConstantClass
extends Constant
implements ConstantObject

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

See Also:

Constant

Field Summary

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

tag

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConstantClass(int nameIndex)
ConstantClass(ConstantClass c)	Initialize from another object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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)	Dumps constant class to file stream in binary format.
String	getBytes(ConstantPool cp)
Object	getConstantValue(ConstantPool cp)
int	getNameIndex()
void	setNameIndex(int nameIndex)
String	toString()

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

clone, copy, equals, getComparator, getTag, hashCode, readConstant, setComparator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConstantClass

public ConstantClass(ConstantClass c)

Initialize from another object.

ConstantClass

public ConstantClass(int nameIndex)

Parameters:

nameIndex - 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 void dump(DataOutputStream file)
          throws IOException

Dumps constant class to file stream in binary format.

Specified by:

dump in class Constant

Parameters:

file - Output file stream

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs writing to the DataOutputStream.

getNameIndex

public int getNameIndex()

Returns:

Name index in constant pool of class name.

setNameIndex

public void setNameIndex(int nameIndex)

Parameters:

nameIndex - the name index in the constant pool of this Constant Class

getConstantValue

public Object getConstantValue(ConstantPool cp)

Specified by:

getConstantValue in interface ConstantObject

Returns:

String object

getBytes

public String getBytes(ConstantPool cp)

Returns:

dereferenced string

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Constant

Returns:

String representation.