Package org.apache.bcel.classfile

Class ElementValue

java.lang.Object

org.apache.bcel.classfile.ElementValue

Direct Known Subclasses:

AnnotationElementValue, ArrayElementValue, ClassElementValue, EnumElementValue, SimpleElementValue

public abstract class ElementValue
extends java.lang.Object

The element_value structure is documented at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se11/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.7.16.1

 element_value {
    u1 tag;
    union {
        u2 const_value_index;

        {   u2 type_name_index;
            u2 const_name_index;
        } enum_const_value;

        u2 class_info_index;

        annotation annotation_value;

        {   u2            num_values;
            element_value values[num_values];
        } array_value;
    } value;
}

Since:

6.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static byte	ANNOTATION
static byte	ARRAY
static byte	CLASS
protected ConstantPool	cpool	Deprecated. (since 6.0) will be made private and final; do not access directly, use getter
static byte	ENUM_CONSTANT
static byte	PRIMITIVE_BOOLEAN
static byte	PRIMITIVE_BYTE
static byte	PRIMITIVE_CHAR
static byte	PRIMITIVE_DOUBLE
static byte	PRIMITIVE_FLOAT
static byte	PRIMITIVE_INT
static byte	PRIMITIVE_LONG
static byte	PRIMITIVE_SHORT
static byte	STRING
protected int	type	Deprecated. (since 6.0) will be made private and final; do not access directly, use getter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	ElementValue(int type, ConstantPool cpool)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	dump(java.io.DataOutputStream dos)
int	getElementValueType()
static ElementValue	readElementValue(java.io.DataInput input, ConstantPool cpool)	Reads an element_value as an ElementValue.
static ElementValue	readElementValue(java.io.DataInput input, ConstantPool cpool, int arrayNesting)	Reads an element_value as an ElementValue.
abstract java.lang.String	stringifyValue()
java.lang.String	toShortString()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

STRING

public static final byte STRING

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Constant Field Values

ENUM_CONSTANT

public static final byte ENUM_CONSTANT

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CLASS

public static final byte CLASS

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ANNOTATION

public static final byte ANNOTATION

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ARRAY

public static final byte ARRAY

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PRIMITIVE_INT

public static final byte PRIMITIVE_INT

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PRIMITIVE_BYTE

public static final byte PRIMITIVE_BYTE

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PRIMITIVE_CHAR

public static final byte PRIMITIVE_CHAR

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PRIMITIVE_DOUBLE

public static final byte PRIMITIVE_DOUBLE

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PRIMITIVE_FLOAT

public static final byte PRIMITIVE_FLOAT

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PRIMITIVE_LONG

public static final byte PRIMITIVE_LONG

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PRIMITIVE_SHORT

public static final byte PRIMITIVE_SHORT

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PRIMITIVE_BOOLEAN

public static final byte PRIMITIVE_BOOLEAN

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type

@Deprecated
protected int type

Deprecated.

(since 6.0) will be made private and final; do not access directly, use getter

cpool

@Deprecated
protected ConstantPool cpool

Deprecated.

(since 6.0) will be made private and final; do not access directly, use getter

Constructor Detail

ElementValue

protected ElementValue(int type,
                       ConstantPool cpool)

Method Detail

readElementValue

public static ElementValue readElementValue(java.io.DataInput input,
                                            ConstantPool cpool)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Reads an element_value as an ElementValue.

Parameters:

input - Raw data input.

cpool - Constant pool.

Returns:

a new ElementValue.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

readElementValue

public static ElementValue readElementValue(java.io.DataInput input,
                                            ConstantPool cpool,
                                            int arrayNesting)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Reads an element_value as an ElementValue.

Parameters:

input - Raw data input.

cpool - Constant pool.

arrayNesting - level of current array nesting.

Returns:

a new ElementValue.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

Since:

6.7.0

dump

public abstract void dump(java.io.DataOutputStream dos)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getElementValueType

public int getElementValueType()

stringifyValue

public abstract java.lang.String stringifyValue()

toShortString

public java.lang.String toShortString()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object