serp.bytecode
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  serp.bytecode.Attributes
      serp.bytecode.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

BCEntity, VisitAcceptor

Direct Known Subclasses:

Annotations, Code, ConstantValue, Deprecated, Exceptions, InnerClasses, LineNumberTable, LocalTable, SourceFile, Synthetic, UnknownAttribute

public abstract class Attribute
extends Attributes
implements VisitAcceptor

In bytecode attributes are used to represent anything that is not part of the class structure. This includes the source file name, code of methods, the line number table, etc. All attributes contain at a minimum an immutable name that also determines the attribute's type.

Author:

Abe White

Method Summary

ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Return the class loader to use when loading related classes.
String	getName() Return the name of this attribute.
int	getNameIndex() Return the index in the ConstantPool of the UTF8Entry holding the name of this attribute.
Attributes	getOwner() Return the Attributes that owns this attribute.
ConstantPool	getPool() Return the constant pool of the current class.
Project	getProject() Return the project of the current class.
boolean	isValid() Return false if this entity has been removed from its parent; in this case the results of any operations on the entity are undefined.

Methods inherited from class serp.bytecode.Attributes

addAttribute, addAttribute, clearAttributes, getAttribute, getAttributes, getAttributes, removeAttribute, removeAttribute, setAttributes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface serp.bytecode.visitor.VisitAcceptor

acceptVisit

Method Detail

getOwner

public Attributes getOwner()

Return the Attributes that owns this attribute. The entity might be a BCClass, BCField, BCMethod, or other attribute.

getNameIndex

public int getNameIndex()

Return the index in the ConstantPool of the UTF8Entry holding the name of this attribute.

getName

public String getName()

Return the name of this attribute.

getProject

public Project getProject()

Description copied from interface: BCEntity

Return the project of the current class.

Specified by:

getProject in interface BCEntity

getPool

public ConstantPool getPool()

Description copied from interface: BCEntity

Return the constant pool of the current class.

Specified by:

getPool in interface BCEntity

getClassLoader

public ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Description copied from interface: BCEntity

Return the class loader to use when loading related classes.

Specified by:

getClassLoader in interface BCEntity

isValid

public boolean isValid()

Description copied from interface: BCEntity

Return false if this entity has been removed from its parent; in this case the results of any operations on the entity are undefined.

Specified by:

isValid in interface BCEntity