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17  package org.apache.bcel.classfile;
18  
19  import java.io.DataInput;
20  import java.io.DataOutputStream;
21  import java.io.IOException;
22  
23  import org.apache.bcel.Const;
24  
25  /**
26   * This class is derived from the abstract {@link Constant} and represents a reference to a String object.
27   *
28   * @see Constant
29   */
30  public final class ConstantString extends Constant implements ConstantObject {
31  
32      private int stringIndex; // Identical to ConstantClass except for this name
33  
34      /**
35       * Initialize from another object.
36       *
37       * @param c Source to copy.
38       */
39      public ConstantString(final ConstantString c) {
40          this(c.getStringIndex());
41      }
42  
43      /**
44       * Initialize instance from file data.
45       *
46       * @param file Input stream
47       * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
48       */
49      ConstantString(final DataInput file) throws IOException {
50          this(file.readUnsignedShort());
51      }
52  
53      /**
54       * @param stringIndex Index of Constant_Utf8 in constant pool
55       */
56      public ConstantString(final int stringIndex) {
57          super(Const.CONSTANT_String);
58          this.stringIndex = stringIndex;
59      }
60  
61      /**
62       * Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class.
63       * I.e., the hierarchy of methods, fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.
64       *
65       * @param v Visitor object
66       */
67      @Override
68      public void accept(final Visitor v) {
69          v.visitConstantString(this);
70      }
71  
72      /**
73       * Dump constant field reference to file stream in binary format.
74       *
75       * @param file Output file stream
76       * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
77       */
78      @Override
79      public void dump(final DataOutputStream file) throws IOException {
80          file.writeByte(super.getTag());
81          file.writeShort(stringIndex);
82      }
83  
84      /**
85       * @return dereferenced string
86       */
87      public String getBytes(final ConstantPool cp) {
88          return (String) getConstantValue(cp);
89      }
90  
91      /**
92       * @return String object
93       */
94      @Override
95      public Object getConstantValue(final ConstantPool cp) {
96          return cp.getConstantUtf8(stringIndex).getBytes();
97      }
98  
99      /**
100      * @return Index in constant pool of the string (ConstantUtf8).
101      */
102     public int getStringIndex() {
103         return stringIndex;
104     }
105 
106     /**
107      * @param stringIndex the index into the constant of the string value
108      */
109     public void setStringIndex(final int stringIndex) {
110         this.stringIndex = stringIndex;
111     }
112 
113     /**
114      * @return String representation.
115      */
116     @Override
117     public String toString() {
118         return super.toString() + "(stringIndex = " + stringIndex + ")";
119     }
120 }