EDU.purdue.cs.bloat.file

Class Attribute

java.lang.Object

EDU.purdue.cs.bloat.file.Attribute

Direct Known Subclasses:

Code, ConstantValue, Exceptions, GenericAttribute, LineNumberTable, LocalVariableTable

public abstract class Attribute
extends java.lang.Object

Attribute is an abstract class for an attribute defined for a method, field, or class. An attribute consists of its name (represented as an index into the constant pool) and its length. Attribute is extended to represent a constant value, code, exceptions, etc.

See Also:

Code, ConstantValue, Exceptions

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected int	length
protected int	nameIndex

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Attribute(int nameIndex, int length) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	clone()
int	length() Returns the length of the attribute, excluding the header.
int	nameIndex() Returns the index into the constant pool of the name of the attribute.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the attribute.
abstract void	writeData(java.io.DataOutputStream out) Write the attribute to a data stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

nameIndex

protected int nameIndex

length

protected int length

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(int nameIndex,
         int length)

Constructor.

Parameters:

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

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

Method Detail

writeData

public abstract void writeData(java.io.DataOutputStream out)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Write the attribute to a data stream.

Parameters:

out - The data stream of the class file.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the attribute.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

nameIndex

public int nameIndex()

Returns the index into the constant pool of the name of the attribute.

length

public int length()

Returns the length of the attribute, excluding the header.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object