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017package org.apache.bcel.classfile;
018
019import java.io.DataInput;
020import java.io.DataOutputStream;
021import java.io.IOException;
022
023import org.apache.bcel.Const;
024
025/**
026 * This class is derived from the abstract {@link Constant} and represents a reference to a String object.
027 *
028 * @see Constant
029 */
030public final class ConstantString extends Constant implements ConstantObject {
031
032    private int stringIndex; // Identical to ConstantClass except for this name
033
034    /**
035     * Initialize from another object.
036     *
037     * @param c Source to copy.
038     */
039    public ConstantString(final ConstantString c) {
040        this(c.getStringIndex());
041    }
042
043    /**
044     * Initialize instance from file data.
045     *
046     * @param file Input stream
047     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
048     */
049    ConstantString(final DataInput file) throws IOException {
050        this(file.readUnsignedShort());
051    }
052
053    /**
054     * @param stringIndex Index of Constant_Utf8 in constant pool
055     */
056    public ConstantString(final int stringIndex) {
057        super(Const.CONSTANT_String);
058        this.stringIndex = stringIndex;
059    }
060
061    /**
062     * Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class.
063     * I.e., the hierarchy of methods, fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.
064     *
065     * @param v Visitor object
066     */
067    @Override
068    public void accept(final Visitor v) {
069        v.visitConstantString(this);
070    }
071
072    /**
073     * Dump constant field reference to file stream in binary format.
074     *
075     * @param file Output file stream
076     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
077     */
078    @Override
079    public void dump(final DataOutputStream file) throws IOException {
080        file.writeByte(super.getTag());
081        file.writeShort(stringIndex);
082    }
083
084    /**
085     * @return dereferenced string
086     */
087    public String getBytes(final ConstantPool cp) {
088        return (String) getConstantValue(cp);
089    }
090
091    /**
092     * @return String object
093     */
094    @Override
095    public Object getConstantValue(final ConstantPool cp) {
096        return cp.getConstantUtf8(stringIndex).getBytes();
097    }
098
099    /**
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}