Interface NewReferenceArrayInstruction

All Superinterfaces:: ClassFileElement, CodeElement, Instruction

public sealed interface NewReferenceArrayInstruction extends Instruction

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

A new reference array instruction is composite:

NewReferenceArrayInstruction(ClassEntry componentType)

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

6.5.anewarray anewarray

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ClassEntry`	`componentType()`	Returns the component type of the array.
`static NewReferenceArrayInstruction`	`of(ClassEntry componentType)`	Returns a new reference array instruction.

Methods declared in interface Instruction

opcode, sizeInBytes

Method Details

componentType

ClassEntry componentType()

Returns the component type of the array.

Returns:: the component type of the array

of

static NewReferenceArrayInstruction of(ClassEntry componentType)

Returns a new reference array instruction.

Parameters:: componentType - the component type of the array
Returns:: a new reference array instruction

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