javar.attributes
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--javar.attributes.Attribute

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConstantValue, Deprecated, InnerClasses, LineNumberTable, LocalVariableTable, MethodCode, MethodException, SourceFile, Synthetic, Unknown

public abstract class Attribute

extends Object

This class represents an attribute of the code attribute which is an attribute of the code attribute

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Field Summary

protected long	nameIndex
protected ConstantPool	pool

Constructor Summary

Attribute(ConstantPool p, long n)
Constructor

Method Summary

String	getName() This will get the name of this attribute.
abstract void	load(DataInputStream in) This will load in the data for the attribute
abstract byte[]	toBytes() This will take this attribute and convert it into an array of bytes that can be stored in a classfile.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

nameIndex

protected long nameIndex

pool

protected ConstantPool pool

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(ConstantPool p,
                 long n)

Constructor

Method Detail

load

public abstract void load(DataInputStream in)

This will load in the data for the attribute

toBytes

public abstract byte[] toBytes()

This will take this attribute and convert it into an array of bytes that can be stored in a classfile.

Returns:

array of bytes representing this attribute

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getName

public String getName()

This will get the name of this attribute.

Returns:

The name of this attribute.