org.multijava.util.classfile
Class AnnotElementValue

java.lang.Object
  org.multijava.util.classfile.AnnotElementValue

Direct Known Subclasses:

AnnotBooleanElementValue, AnnotByteElementValue, AnnotCharElementValue, AnnotDoubleElementValue, AnnotFloatElementValue, AnnotIntegerElementValue, AnnotLongElementValue, AnnotShortElementValue, AnnotStringElementValue

public abstract class AnnotElementValue

extends java.lang.Object

A class representing a value in an element-value pair of an annotation structure. This serves as the abstract super class of all value classes.

Author:

AHS

See Also:

Annotation, Annotation.ElementValuePair

Constructor Summary

AnnotElementValue()

 

Method Summary
(package private) abstract  int	getSize()           Return the size in bytes that this value takes up in the class file (not including the tag).
(package private) abstract  void	resolveConstants(ConstantPool cp)           Insert or check location of constant value on constant pool.
abstract  java.lang.String	toString()           Return a textual representation of the value.
(package private) abstract  void	write(ConstantPool cp, java.io.DataOutput out)           Write this value to a classfile stream.

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

 

Constructor Detail

AnnotElementValue

public AnnotElementValue()

resolveConstants

abstract void resolveConstants(ConstantPool cp)

Insert or check location of constant value on constant pool.

Parameters:

cp - the constant pool for this class

write

abstract void write(ConstantPool cp,
                    java.io.DataOutput out)
             throws java.io.IOException

Write this value to a classfile stream.

Parameters:

cp - the constant pool

out - the output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an IO error has occurred

getSize

abstract int getSize()

Return the size in bytes that this value takes up in the class file (not including the tag).

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Return a textual representation of the value.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object