Class GenericAttribute

java.lang.Object

EDU.purdue.cs.bloat.file.Attribute

EDU.purdue.cs.bloat.file.GenericAttribute

public class GenericAttribute
extends Attribute

The Java Virtual Machine Specification allows implementors to invent their own attributes. GenericAttribute models attributes whose name BLOAT does not recognize.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Attribute

length, nameIndex

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GenericAttribute(DataInputStream in, int nameIndex, int length)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	clone()
void	writeData(DataOutputStream out)	Write the attribute to a data stream.

Methods inherited from class Attribute

length, nameIndex, toString

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

GenericAttribute

public GenericAttribute(DataInputStream in,
 int nameIndex,
 int length)
                 throws IOException

Constructor. Create an attribute from a data stream.

Parameters:

in - The data stream of the class file.

nameIndex - The index into the constant pool of the name of the attribute.

length - The length of the attribute, excluding the header.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs while reading.

Method Details

writeData

public void writeData(DataOutputStream out)
               throws IOException

Write the attribute to a data stream.

Specified by:

writeData in class Attribute

Parameters:

out - The data stream of the class file.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs while writing.

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Attribute