nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.interpreter.classfile
Class Constant

java.lang.Object
  nl.tudelft.simulation.dsol.interpreter.classfile.Constant

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConstantClass, ConstantDouble, ConstantFieldref, ConstantFloat, ConstantInteger, ConstantInterfaceMethodref, ConstantLong, ConstantMethodref, ConstantNameAndType, ConstantString, ConstantUTF8

public abstract class Constant
extends Object

A Constant
(c) copyright 2002-2005 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.
See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl
License of use: Lesser General Public License (LGPL) , no warranty.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2007/01/06 13:25:12 $

Author:

Peter Jacobs

Field Summary

protected Constant[]

constantPool the constantPool it is part of

Constructor Summary

Constant(Constant[] constantPool)
constructs a new Constant

Method Summary

abstract int	getTag() returns the tag of the constant
static Constant	readConstant(Constant[] constantPool, DataInput dataInput) reads a constant from the stream
static String	toString(Constant[] constantPool) parses the constantPool to string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

constantPool

protected Constant[] constantPool

the constantPool it is part of

Constructor Detail

Constant

public Constant(Constant[] constantPool)

constructs a new Constant

Parameters:

constantPool - the constantPool it is part of

Method Detail

getTag

public abstract int getTag()

returns the tag of the constant

Returns:

int the constant tag

readConstant

public static Constant readConstant(Constant[] constantPool,
                                    DataInput dataInput)
                             throws IOException

reads a constant from the stream

Parameters:

dataInput - the dataInput

constantPool - the constantPool

Returns:

Constant

Throws:

IOException - on exception

toString

public static String toString(Constant[] constantPool)

parses the constantPool to string

Parameters:

constantPool - the pool

Returns:

String