Interface RecordAttribute

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

public sealed interface RecordAttribute extends Attribute<RecordAttribute>, ClassElement

Models the Record attribute (JVMS Â§4.7.30), which indicates that this class is a record class and the record components.

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 16, major version 60.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.7.30 The Record Attribute

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<RecordComponentInfo>`	`components()`	Returns the components of this record class.
`static RecordAttribute`	`of(RecordComponentInfo... components)`	Returns a `Record` attribute.
`static RecordAttribute`	`of(List<RecordComponentInfo> components)`	Returns a `Record` attribute.

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

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

Method Details

components

List<RecordComponentInfo> components()

Returns the components of this record class.

Returns:

the components of this record class

See Also:

of

static RecordAttribute of(List<RecordComponentInfo> components)

Returns a Record attribute.

Parameters:: components - the record components
Returns:: a Record attribute
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the number of record components exceeds the limit of u2

of

static RecordAttribute of(RecordComponentInfo... components)

Returns a Record attribute.

Parameters:: components - the record components
Returns:: a Record attribute
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the number of record components exceeds the limit of u2

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