Class Synthetic

java.lang.Object

org.apache.bcel.classfile.Attribute

org.apache.bcel.classfile.Synthetic

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Node

public final class Synthetic
extends Attribute

This class is derived from Attribute and declares this class as 'synthetic', that is, it needs special handling. The JVM specification states "A class member that does not appear in the source code must be marked using a Synthetic attribute." It may appear in the ClassFile attribute table, a field_info table or a method_info table. This class is intended to be instantiated from the Attribute.readAttribute() method.

Synthetic_attribute {
    u2 attribute_name_index;
    u4 attribute_length;
}

See Also:

• Attribute
• JVM Specification: The Synthetic Attribute

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Attribute

constant_pool, EMPTY_ARRAY, length, name_index, tag

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Synthetic(int nameIndex, int length, byte[] bytes, ConstantPool constantPool)
Synthetic(Synthetic c)	Initialize from another object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	accept(Visitor v)	Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class.
Attribute	copy(ConstantPool constantPool)	Creates a deep copy of this attribute.
byte[]	getBytes()	Gets data bytes.
void	setBytes(byte[] bytes)	Sets data bytes.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Attribute

addAttributeReader, addAttributeReader, clone, dump, getConstantPool, getLength, getName, getNameIndex, getTag, println, readAttribute, readAttribute, removeAttributeReader, setConstantPool, setLength, setNameIndex

Methods inherited from class Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Synthetic

public Synthetic(int nameIndex,
 int length,
 byte[] bytes,
 ConstantPool constantPool)

Parameters:

nameIndex - Index in constant pool to CONSTANT_Utf8, which should represent the string "Synthetic".

length - JVM Specification: "The value of the attribute_length item must be zero.".

bytes - Attribute contents.

constantPool - The constant pool this attribute is associated with.

See Also:

• JVM Specification: The Synthetic Attribute

Synthetic

public Synthetic(Synthetic c)

Initialize from another object. Note that both objects use the same references (shallow copy). Use copy() for a physical copy.

Parameters:

c - Source to copy.

Method Details

accept

public void accept(Visitor v)

Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class. I.e., the hierarchy of methods, fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.

Specified by:

accept in interface Node

Specified by:

accept in class Attribute

Parameters:

v - Visitor object.

copy

public Attribute copy(ConstantPool constantPool)

Description copied from class: Attribute

Creates a deep copy of this attribute.

Specified by:

copy in class Attribute

Parameters:

constantPool - constant pool to save.

Returns:

deep copy of this attribute.

getBytes

public byte[] getBytes()

Gets data bytes.

Returns:

data bytes.

setBytes

public void setBytes(byte[] bytes)

Sets data bytes.

Parameters:

bytes - data bytes.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Attribute

Returns:

String representation.