Interface NewMultiArrayInstruction

All Superinterfaces:: ClassFileElement, CodeElement, Instruction

public sealed interface NewMultiArrayInstruction extends Instruction

Models a multianewarray instruction in the code array of a Code attribute. Delivered as a CodeElement when traversing the elements of a CodeModel.

A new multi-dimensional array instruction is composite:

NewMultiArrayInstruction(
    ClassEntry arrayType,
    int dimensions
)

where the arrayType is an array class.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

6.5.multianewarray multianewarray

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ClassEntry`	`arrayType()`	Returns the type of the array.
`int`	`dimensions()`	Returns the number of dimensions of the array.
`static NewMultiArrayInstruction`	`of(ClassEntry arrayTypeEntry, int dimensions)`	Returns a new multi-dimensional array instruction.

Methods declared in interface Instruction

opcode, sizeInBytes

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Opcode`	`opcode()`	Returns the operation of this instruction.
`int`	`sizeInBytes()`	Returns the size in bytes of this instruction.

Method Details

arrayType

ClassEntry arrayType()

Returns the type of the array.

Returns:: the type of the array

dimensions

int dimensions()

Returns the number of dimensions of the array.

Returns:: the number of dimensions of the array

of

static NewMultiArrayInstruction of(ClassEntry arrayTypeEntry, int dimensions)

Returns a new multi-dimensional array instruction.

Parameters:: arrayTypeEntry - the type of the array; dimensions - the number of dimensions of the array
Returns:: a new multi-dimensional array instruction
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if dimensions is out of range

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