Interface ConstantValueEntry

All Superinterfaces:: LoadableConstantEntry, PoolEntry

All Known Subinterfaces:: DoubleEntry, FloatEntry, IntegerEntry, LongEntry, StringEntry

public sealed interface ConstantValueEntry extends LoadableConstantEntry permits DoubleEntry, FloatEntry, IntegerEntry, LongEntry, StringEntry

Marker interface for constant pool entries that can represent constant values in the ConstantValue attribute.

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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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ConstantDesc`	`constantValue()`	Returns the constant value.

Methods declared in interface LoadableConstantEntry

typeKind

Methods declared in interface PoolEntry

constantPool, index, tag, width

Method Details

constantValue

ConstantDesc constantValue()

Returns the constant value. The constant value will be an Integer, Long, Float, Double, or String.

Specified by:

constantValue in interface LoadableConstantEntry

Returns:

the constant value

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