Interface CharacterRange

All Superinterfaces:: ClassFileElement, CodeElement, PseudoInstruction

public sealed interface CharacterRange extends PseudoInstruction

A pseudo-instruction which models a single entry in the CharacterRangeTable attribute. Delivered as a CodeElement during traversal of the elements of a CodeModel, according to the setting of the ClassFile.DebugElementsOption option.

A character range entry is composite:

CharacterRange(
    Label startScope,
    Label endScope,
    int characterRangeStart,
    int characterRangeEnd,
    int flags
)

Another model, CharacterRangeInfo, also models a character range entry; it has no dependency on a CodeModel and represents of bci values as ints instead of Labels, and is used as components of a CharacterRangeTableAttribute.

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Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final int`	`FLAG_ASSIGNMENT`	The bit mask of ASSIGNMENT `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.
`static final int`	`FLAG_BLOCK`	The bit mask of BLOCK `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.
`static final int`	`FLAG_BRANCH_FALSE`	The bit mask of BRANCH_FALSE `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.
`static final int`	`FLAG_BRANCH_TRUE`	The bit mask of BRANCH_TRUE `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.
`static final int`	`FLAG_CREATE`	The bit mask of CREATE `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.
`static final int`	`FLAG_FLOW_CONTROLLER`	The bit mask of FLOW_CONTROLLER `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.
`static final int`	`FLAG_FLOW_TARGET`	The bit mask of FLOW_TARGET `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.
`static final int`	`FLAG_INVOKE`	The bit mask of INVOKE `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.
`static final int`	`FLAG_STATEMENT`	The bit mask of STATEMENT `CharacterRangeInfo` kind.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`characterRangeEnd()`	Returns the encoded end of the character range region (exclusive).
`int`	`characterRangeStart()`	Returns the encoded start of the character range region (inclusive).
`Label`	`endScope()`	Returns the end of the instruction range.
`int`	`flags()`	A flags word, indicating the kind of range.
`static CharacterRange`	`of(Label startScope, Label endScope, int characterRangeStart, int characterRangeEnd, int flags)`	Returns a character range pseudo-instruction.
`Label`	`startScope()`	Returns the start of the instruction range.

Field Details

FLAG_STATEMENT

static final int FLAG_STATEMENT

The bit mask of STATEMENT CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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FLAG_BLOCK

static final int FLAG_BLOCK

The bit mask of BLOCK CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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FLAG_ASSIGNMENT

static final int FLAG_ASSIGNMENT

The bit mask of ASSIGNMENT CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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FLAG_FLOW_CONTROLLER

static final int FLAG_FLOW_CONTROLLER

The bit mask of FLOW_CONTROLLER CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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FLAG_FLOW_TARGET

static final int FLAG_FLOW_TARGET

The bit mask of FLOW_TARGET CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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FLAG_INVOKE

static final int FLAG_INVOKE

The bit mask of INVOKE CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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FLAG_CREATE

static final int FLAG_CREATE

The bit mask of CREATE CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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FLAG_BRANCH_TRUE

static final int FLAG_BRANCH_TRUE

The bit mask of BRANCH_TRUE CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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FLAG_BRANCH_FALSE

static final int FLAG_BRANCH_FALSE

The bit mask of BRANCH_FALSE CharacterRangeInfo kind.

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Method Details

startScope

Label startScope()

Returns the start of the instruction range.

Returns:: the start of the instruction range

endScope

Label endScope()

Returns the end of the instruction range.

Returns:: the end of the instruction range

characterRangeStart

int characterRangeStart()

Returns the encoded start of the character range region (inclusive). The value is constructed from the line_number/column_number pair as given by line_number << 10 + column_number, where the source file is viewed as an array of (possibly multi-byte) characters.

Returns:: the encoded start of the character range region (inclusive)

characterRangeEnd

int characterRangeEnd()

Returns the encoded end of the character range region (exclusive).. The value is constructed from the line_number/column_number pair as given by line_number << 10 + column_number, where the source file is viewed as an array of (possibly multi-byte) characters.

Returns:: the encoded end of the character range region (exclusive)

flags

int flags()

A flags word, indicating the kind of range. Multiple flag bits may be set. Valid flags include:

FLAG_STATEMENT
FLAG_BLOCK
FLAG_ASSIGNMENT
FLAG_FLOW_CONTROLLER
FLAG_FLOW_TARGET
FLAG_INVOKE
FLAG_CREATE
FLAG_BRANCH_TRUE
FLAG_BRANCH_FALSE

Returns:

the flags

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of

static CharacterRange of(Label startScope, Label endScope, int characterRangeStart, int characterRangeEnd, int flags)

Returns a character range pseudo-instruction.

Parameters:: startScope - the start of the instruction range; endScope - the end of the instruction range; characterRangeStart - the encoded start of the character range region (inclusive); characterRangeEnd - the encoded end of the character range region (exclusive); flags - a flags word, indicating the kind of range
Returns:: a character range pseudo-instruction

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