package org.ibex.classgen;
+/** This class represents Method references. It is used as an argument to the
+ INVOKESTATIC, INVOKEVIRTUAL, INVOKESPEICAL, and INVOKEINTERFACE bytecodes
+ @see CGConst#INVOKESTATIC
+ @see CGConst#INVOKEVIRTUAL
+ @see CGConst#INVOKESPECIAL
+ @see CGConst#INVOKEINTERFACE
+*/
public class MethodRef extends ClassGen.FieldOrMethodRef {
- public MethodRef(Type.Object c, String name, Type ret, Type[] args) {
- super(c,name,getDescriptor(ret,args));
+ /** Create a reference to method <i>name</i> of class <i>c</i> with the return type <i>ret</i> and the
+ arguments <i>args</i> */
+ public MethodRef(Type.Class c, String name, Type ret, Type[] args) {
+ super(c, name, getDescriptor(ret, args));
}
+ /** Equivalent to MethodRef(new Type.Class(s), ...)
+ @see #MethodRef(Type.Class, String, Type, Type[])
+ */
public MethodRef(String s, String name, Type ret, Type[] args) {
- this(new Type.Object(s),name,ret,args);
+ this(Type.instance(s).asClass(), name, ret, args);
}
MethodRef(MethodRef i) { super(i); }
return sb.toString();
}
+ /** MethodRef class used for the INVOKEINTERFACE bytecode. Although this contains the same
+ data as a normal MethodRef, these are treated differently in the byte code format. In general,
+ users don't need to be concerned with this though because MethodRef's are automatically converted
+ to MethodRef.I's when they are applied to an INVOKEINTERFACE bytecode */
public static class I extends MethodRef {
- public I(Type.Object c, String name, Type ret, Type[] args) { super(c,name,ret,args); }
- public I(String s, String name, Type ret, Type[] args) { super(s,name,ret,args); }
+ public I(Type.Class c, String name, Type ret, Type[] args) { super(c, name, ret, args); }
+ public I(String s, String name, Type ret, Type[] args) { super(s, name, ret, args); }
I(MethodRef m) { super(m); }
}
}