Interface LocalVariableTableAttribute

All Superinterfaces:: Attribute<LocalVariableTableAttribute>, ClassFileElement

public sealed interface LocalVariableTableAttribute extends Attribute<LocalVariableTableAttribute>

Models the LocalVariableTable attribute (JVMS Â§4.7.13), which records debug information about local variables. Its entries are delivered as LocalVariables when traversing the elements of a CodeModel, which is toggled by ClassFile.DebugElementsOption.

This attribute only appears on Code attributes, and permits multiple instances in a Code attribute. It has a data dependency on labels.

This attribute cannot be sent to a CodeBuilder; its entries can be constructed with LocalVariable, resulting in at most one attribute instance in the built Code attribute.

The attribute was introduced in the Java Platform version 1.0.2, major version 45.

API Note:

Generic local variable types and potentially annotated use of those types are defined by LocalVariableTypeTableAttribute and RuntimeVisibleTypeAnnotationsAttribute respectively, which requires this attribute to be present.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.7.13 The LocalVaribleTable Attribute

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<LocalVariableInfo>`	`localVariables()`	Returns debug information for the local variables in this method.
`static LocalVariableTableAttribute`	`of(List<LocalVariableInfo> locals)`	Returns a `LocalVariableTable` attribute.

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

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

Method Details

localVariables

List<LocalVariableInfo> localVariables()

Returns debug information for the local variables in this method.

Returns:: debug information for the local variables in this method

of

static LocalVariableTableAttribute of(List<LocalVariableInfo> locals)

Returns a LocalVariableTable attribute.

API Note:: The created attribute cannot be written to a CodeBuilder. Use CodeBuilder::localVariable instead.
Parameters:: locals - the local variable descriptions
Returns:: a LocalVariableTable attribute
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the number of descriptions exceeds the limit of u2

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