Interface Superclass

All Superinterfaces:: ClassElement, ClassFileElement

public sealed interface Superclass extends ClassElement

Models the superclass (JVMS 4.1) of a class. A Superclass appears at most once in a ClassModel: it must be absent for module descriptors or the Object class, and must be present otherwise. A ClassBuilder sets the Object class as the superclass if the superclass is not supplied and the class to build is required to have a superclass.

All interfaces have Object as their superclass.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.1 The ClassFile Structure

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Superclass`	`of(ClassEntry superclassEntry)`	Returns a Superclass element.
`ClassEntry`	`superclassEntry()`	Returns the superclass.

Method Details

superclassEntry

ClassEntry superclassEntry()

Returns the superclass.

Returns:: the superclass

of

static Superclass of(ClassEntry superclassEntry)

Returns a Superclass element.

Parameters:: superclassEntry - the superclass
Returns:: a Superclass element

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