Interface InnerClassesAttribute

All Superinterfaces:: Attribute<InnerClassesAttribute>, ClassElement, ClassFileElement

public sealed interface InnerClassesAttribute extends Attribute<InnerClassesAttribute>, ClassElement

Models the InnerClasses attribute (JVMS Â§4.7.6), which records which classes referenced by this class file are nested classes.

This attribute only appears on classes, and does not permit multiple instances in a class. It has a data dependency on the constant pool.

The attribute was introduced in the Java SE Platform version 1.1, major version 45.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.7.6 The InnerClasses Attribute

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<InnerClassInfo>`	`classes()`	Returns the nested classes used by this `class` file.
`static InnerClassesAttribute`	`of(InnerClassInfo... innerClasses)`	Returns an `InnerClasses` attribute.
`static InnerClassesAttribute`	`of(List<InnerClassInfo> innerClasses)`	Returns an `InnerClasses` attribute.

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

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

Method Details

classes

List<InnerClassInfo> classes()

Returns the nested classes used by this class file.

Returns:: the nested classes used by this class file

of

static InnerClassesAttribute of(List<InnerClassInfo> innerClasses)

Returns an InnerClasses attribute.

Parameters:: innerClasses - descriptions of the nested classes
Returns:: an InnerClasses attribute
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the number of descriptions exceeds the limit of u2

of

static InnerClassesAttribute of(InnerClassInfo... innerClasses)

Returns an InnerClasses attribute.

Parameters:: innerClasses - descriptions of the nested classes
Returns:: an InnerClasses attribute
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the number of descriptions exceeds the limit of u2

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