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| package com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.generic; |
| |
| /** |
| * Denotes that an instruction may start the process of loading and resolving |
| * the referenced class in the Virtual Machine. |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface LoadClass { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the ObjectType of the referenced class or interface |
| * that may be loaded and resolved. |
| * @return object type that may be loaded or null if a primitive is |
| * referenced |
| */ |
| ObjectType getLoadClassType( ConstantPoolGen cpg ); |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the type associated with this instruction. |
| * LoadClass instances are always typed, but this type |
| * does not always refer to the type of the class or interface |
| * that it possibly forces to load. For example, GETFIELD would |
| * return the type of the field and not the type of the class |
| * where the field is defined. |
| * If no class is forced to be loaded, <B>null</B> is returned. |
| * An example for this is an ANEWARRAY instruction that creates |
| * an int[][]. |
| * @see #getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen) |
| */ |
| Type getType( ConstantPoolGen cpg ); |
| } |