Enum Class ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption>

java.lang.classfile.ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, ClassFile.Option, Comparable<ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption>, Constable

Enclosing interface:: ClassFile

public static enum ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption extends Enum<ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption> implements ClassFile.Option

Option describing whether to extend from the original constant pool when transforming a class file. The default is SHARED_POOL to extend from the original constant pool.

This option affects all overloads of transformClass. Extending from the original constant pool keeps the indices into the constant pool intact, which enables significant optimizations in processing time and minimizes differences between the original and transformed class files, but may result in a bigger transformed class file when many elements of the original class file are dropped and many original constant pool entries become unused.

An alternative to this option is to use ClassFile.build(ClassEntry, ConstantPoolBuilder, Consumer) directly. It allows extension from arbitrary constant pools, and may be useful if a built class file reuses structures from multiple original class files.

Since:

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Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces declared in class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constant	Description
`NEW_POOL`	Creates a new constant pool when transforming the `class` file.
`SHARED_POOL`	Extend the new constant pool from the original constant pool when transforming the `class` file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption`	`valueOf(String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
`static ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption[]`	`values()`	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods declared in class Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods declared in class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

SHARED_POOL

public static final ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption SHARED_POOL

Extend the new constant pool from the original constant pool when transforming the class file.

These two transformations below are equivalent:

ClassModel originalClass = ...
ClassDesc resultClassName = ...
ClassTransform classTransform = ...
var resultOne = ClassFile.of(ConstantPoolSharingOption.SHARED_POOL)
        .transformClass(originalClass, resultClassName, classTransform);
var resultTwo = ClassFile.of().build(resultClassName, ConstantPoolBuilder.of(originalClass),
        clb -> clb.transform(originalClass, classTransform));

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NEW_POOL

public static final ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption NEW_POOL

Creates a new constant pool when transforming the class file.

These two transformations below are equivalent:

ClassModel originalClass = ...
ClassDesc resultClassName = ...
ClassTransform classTransform = ...
var resultOne = ClassFile.of(ConstantPoolSharingOption.NEW_POOL)
        .transformClass(originalClass, resultClassName, classTransform);
var resultTwo = ClassFile.of().build(resultClassName, ConstantPoolBuilder.of(),
        clb -> clb.transform(originalClass, classTransform));

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Method Details

values

public static ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:: an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ClassFile.ConstantPoolSharingOption valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:: name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:: the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name; NullPointerException - if the argument is null

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