Interface NewPrimitiveArrayInstruction

All Superinterfaces:: ClassFileElement, CodeElement, Instruction

public sealed interface NewPrimitiveArrayInstruction extends Instruction

Models a newarray instruction in the code array of a Code attribute. Delivered as a CodeElement when traversing the elements of a CodeModel.

A new primitive array instruction is composite:

NewPrimitiveArrayInstruction(TypeKind typeKind)

where typeKind is primitive and not void.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

6.5.newarray newarray

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static NewPrimitiveArrayInstruction`	`of(TypeKind typeKind)`	Returns a new primitive array instruction.
`TypeKind`	`typeKind()`	Returns the component type of the array.

Methods declared in interface Instruction

opcode, sizeInBytes

Method Details

typeKind

TypeKind typeKind()

Returns the component type of the array.

API Note:: The backing array code for this instruction is available through typeKind().newarrayCode().
Returns:: the component type of the array

of

static NewPrimitiveArrayInstruction of(TypeKind typeKind)

Returns a new primitive array instruction.

Parameters:

typeKind - the component type of the array

Returns:

a new primitive array instruction

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when typeKind is not primitive or is void

See Also:

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