com.go.trove.classfile
Class ConstantInfo

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.go.trove.classfile.ConstantInfo

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConstantClassInfo, ConstantDoubleInfo, ConstantFieldInfo, ConstantFloatInfo, ConstantIntegerInfo, ConstantInterfaceMethodInfo, ConstantLongInfo, ConstantMethodInfo, ConstantNameAndTypeInfo, ConstantStringInfo, ConstantUTFInfo

public abstract class ConstantInfo

extends java.lang.Object

This class corresponds to the cp_info structure as defined in section 4.4 of The Java Virtual Machine Specification. Subclasses should override the default hashCode and equals methods so that the ConstantPool will only contain one instance of this constant.

Version:

21 , 9/07/00

Author:

Brian S O'Neill

Constructor Summary

protected

ConstantInfo(int tag)

Method Summary

int	getIndex() The index of this constant in the constant pool.
void	writeTo(java.io.DataOutput dout)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConstantInfo

protected ConstantInfo(int tag)

Method Detail

getIndex

public int getIndex()

The index of this constant in the constant pool. Is -1 if the index has not yet been resolved. Constant pool indexes are resolved when the constant pool is written out.

writeTo

public void writeTo(java.io.DataOutput dout)
             throws java.io.IOException