Interface MethodRefEntry

All Superinterfaces:: MemberRefEntry, PoolEntry

public sealed interface MethodRefEntry extends MemberRefEntry

Models a CONSTANT_MethodRef_info structure, or a symbolic reference to a class method, in the constant pool of a class file.

A class method reference entry is composite:

MethodRefEntry(
    ClassEntry owner,
    NameAndTypeEntry nameAndType
)

where the type in the NameAndTypeEntry is a method descriptor string.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.4.2 The CONSTANT_Fieldref_info,


            CONSTANT_Methodref_info

, and


            CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref_info

Structures

Since:

See Also:

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
`default MethodTypeDesc`	`typeSymbol()`	Returns a symbolic descriptor for the method type.

Methods declared in interface MemberRefEntry

name, nameAndType, owner, type

Methods declared in interface PoolEntry

constantPool, index, tag, width

Method Details

typeSymbol

default MethodTypeDesc typeSymbol()

Returns a symbolic descriptor for the method type.

Returns:: a symbolic descriptor for the method type

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