Class CustomAttribute<T extends CustomAttribute<T>>

java.lang.Object

java.lang.classfile.CustomAttribute<T>

Type Parameters:: T - the custom attribute type

All Implemented Interfaces:: Attribute<T>, ClassElement, ClassFileElement, CodeElement, FieldElement, MethodElement

public abstract non-sealed class CustomAttribute<T extends CustomAttribute<T>> extends Object implements Attribute<T>, CodeElement, ClassElement, MethodElement, FieldElement

Models a user-defined attribute in a class file. API models for user-defined attributes should extend this class. A user-defined attribute should also have an AttributeMapper defined, which will be returned by attributeMapper(), and registered to the ClassFile.AttributeMapperOption so the user-defined attributes can be read.

Accessor methods on user-defined attributes read from class files may throw IllegalArgumentException if the attribute model is lazily evaluated, and the evaluation encounters malformed class file format for the attribute.

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Constructor Summary

CustomAttribute(AttributeMapper<T> mapper)

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`final AttributeMapper<T>`	`attributeMapper()`	Returns the `AttributeMapper` associated with this attribute.
`Utf8Entry`	`attributeName()`	Returns the name of the attribute.

Methods declared in class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

CustomAttribute

protected CustomAttribute(AttributeMapper<T> mapper)

Constructor for subclasses to call.

Parameters:: mapper - the attribute mapper

Method Details

attributeMapper

public final AttributeMapper<T> attributeMapper()

Description copied from interface: Attribute

Returns the AttributeMapper associated with this attribute.

Specified by:: attributeMapper in interface Attribute<T extends CustomAttribute<T>>
Returns:: the AttributeMapper associated with this attribute

attributeName

public Utf8Entry attributeName()

Returns the name of the attribute. The string value of the name is equivalent to the value of attributeMapper().name().

If this attribute is read from a class file, this method returns the Utf8Entry indicating the attribute name in the class file.

Specified by:

attributeName in interface Attribute<T extends CustomAttribute<T>>

Implementation Requirements:

The default implementation returns a Utf8Entry suitable for writing only, which may be unbound. Subclasses representing attributes read from class files must override this method.

Returns:

the name of the attribute

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