Interface MethodModel

All Superinterfaces:: AttributedElement, ClassElement, ClassFileElement, CompoundElement<MethodElement>, Iterable<MethodElement>

public sealed interface MethodModel extends CompoundElement<MethodElement>, AttributedElement, ClassElement

Models a method. A method can be viewed as a composition of MethodElements, or by random access via accessor methods if only specific parts of the method is needed.

Methods can be obtained from ClassModel.methods(), or in the traversal of member elements of a class.

ClassBuilder.withMethod(String, MethodTypeDesc, int, Consumer) is the main way to construct methods. ClassBuilder.transformMethod(MethodModel, MethodTransform) allows creating a new method by selectively processing the original method elements and directing the results to a method builder.

All method attributes are accessible as member elements.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.6 Methods

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Optional<CodeModel>`	`code()`	Returns the body of this method, if there is one.
`AccessFlags`	`flags()`	Returns the access flags.
`Utf8Entry`	`methodName()`	Returns the name of this method.
`Utf8Entry`	`methodType()`	Returns the method descriptor string of this method.
`default MethodTypeDesc`	`methodTypeSymbol()`	Returns the method type, as a symbolic descriptor.
`Optional<ClassModel>`	`parent()`	Returns the class model this method is a member of, if known.

Methods declared in interface AttributedElement

attributes, findAttribute, findAttributes

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<Attribute<?>>`	`attributes()`	Returns the attributes of this structure.
`default <T extends Attribute<T>> Optional<T>`	`findAttribute(AttributeMapper<T> attr)`	Finds an attribute by name.
`default <T extends Attribute<T>> List<T>`	`findAttributes(AttributeMapper<T> attr)`	Finds attributes by name.

Methods declared in interface CompoundElement

elementList, elementStream, forEach, iterator, toDebugString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default List<MethodElement>`	`elementList()`	Returns a `List` containing all member elements in this compound element.
`default Stream<MethodElement>`	`elementStream()`	Returns a `Stream` containing all member elements in this compound element.
`void`	`forEach(Consumer<? super MethodElement> consumer)`	Invokes the provided handler with each member element in this compound element.
`default Iterator<MethodElement>`	`iterator()`	Returns an `Iterator` describing all member elements in this compound element.
`default String`	`toDebugString()`	Returns a text representation of the compound element and its contents for debugging purposes.

Methods declared in interface Iterable

spliterator

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default Spliterator<MethodElement>`	`spliterator()`	Creates a `Spliterator` over the elements described by this `Iterable`.

Method Details

flags

AccessFlags flags()

Returns the access flags.

Returns:

the access flags

See Also:

parent

Optional<ClassModel> parent()

Returns the class model this method is a member of, if known.

Returns:: the class model this method is a member of, if known

methodName

Utf8Entry methodName()

Returns the name of this method.

Returns:: the name of this method

methodType

Utf8Entry methodType()

Returns the method descriptor string of this method.

Returns:: the method descriptor string of this method

methodTypeSymbol

default MethodTypeDesc methodTypeSymbol()

Returns the method type, as a symbolic descriptor.

Returns:: the method type, as a symbolic descriptor

code

Optional<CodeModel> code()

Returns the body of this method, if there is one.

Returns:: the body of this method, if there is one

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