Interface PackageEntry
- All Superinterfaces:
PoolEntry
Models a
where
CONSTANT_Package_info
, representing a package, in the
constant pool of a class
file.
The use of a PackageEntry
is represented by a PackageDesc
that does not represent the unnamed package. Conversions are through
ConstantPoolBuilder.packageEntry(PackageDesc)
and
asSymbol()
.
A package entry is composite:
PackageEntry
(Utf8Entry name
)
name
is the internal form
of a binary package name and is not empty.- See Java Virtual Machine Specification:
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4.4.12 The
CONSTANT_Package_info
Structure - Since:
- 24
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Field Summary
Fields declared in interface PoolEntry
TAG_CLASS, TAG_DOUBLE, TAG_DYNAMIC, TAG_FIELDREF, TAG_FLOAT, TAG_INTEGER, TAG_INTERFACE_METHODREF, TAG_INVOKE_DYNAMIC, TAG_LONG, TAG_METHOD_HANDLE, TAG_METHOD_TYPE, TAG_METHODREF, TAG_MODULE, TAG_NAME_AND_TYPE, TAG_PACKAGE, TAG_STRING, TAG_UTF8
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionasSymbol()
Returns a symbolic descriptor for the package name.boolean
matches
(PackageDesc desc) Returns whether this entry describes the given package.name()
Returns the internal form of the package name.Methods declared in interface PoolEntry
constantPool, index, tag, width
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Method Details
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name
Utf8Entry name()Returns the internal form of the package name.- Returns:
- the internal form of the package name
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asSymbol
PackageDesc asSymbol()Returns a symbolic descriptor for the package name.- API Note:
- If only symbol equivalence is desired,
matches
should be used. It requires reduced parsing and can improveclass
file reading performance. - Returns:
- a symbolic descriptor for the package name
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matches
Returns whether this entry describes the given package.- Parameters:
desc
- the package descriptor- Returns:
- whether this entry describes the given package
- Since:
- 25
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