Interface MethodParametersAttribute

All Superinterfaces:: Attribute<MethodParametersAttribute>, ClassFileElement, MethodElement

public sealed interface MethodParametersAttribute extends Attribute<MethodParametersAttribute>, MethodElement

Models the MethodParameters attribute (JVMS Â§4.7.24), which records reflective information about this method's parameters such as access modifiers.

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

The attribute was introduced in the Java SE Platform version 8, major version 52.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.7.24 The MethodParameters Attribute

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static MethodParametersAttribute`	`of(MethodParameterInfo... parameters)`	Returns a `MethodParameters` attribute.
`static MethodParametersAttribute`	`of(List<MethodParameterInfo> parameters)`	Returns a `MethodParameters` attribute.
`List<MethodParameterInfo>`	`parameters()`	Returns information about the parameters of the method.

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

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

Method Details

parameters

List<MethodParameterInfo> parameters()

Returns information about the parameters of the method. The i'th entry in the list corresponds to the i'th parameter in the method descriptor.

Returns:: information about the parameters of the method

of

static MethodParametersAttribute of(List<MethodParameterInfo> parameters)

Returns a MethodParameters attribute.

Parameters:: parameters - the method parameter descriptions
Returns:: a MethodParameters attribute
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the number of parameters exceeds the limit of u1

of

static MethodParametersAttribute of(MethodParameterInfo... parameters)

Returns a MethodParameters attribute.

Parameters:: parameters - the method parameter descriptions
Returns:: a MethodParameters attribute
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the number of parameters exceeds the limit of u1

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