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19  package org.apache.bcel.classfile;
20  
21  import java.io.DataInput;
22  import java.io.DataOutputStream;
23  import java.io.IOException;
24  
25  import org.apache.bcel.Const;
26  
27  /**
28   * This class is derived from the abstract {@link Constant} and represents a reference to a String object.
29   *
30   * @see Constant
31   */
32  public final class ConstantString extends Constant implements ConstantObject {
33  
34      private int stringIndex; // Identical to ConstantClass except for this name
35  
36      /**
37       * Initialize from another object.
38       *
39       * @param c Source to copy.
40       */
41      public ConstantString(final ConstantString c) {
42          this(c.getStringIndex());
43      }
44  
45      /**
46       * Initialize instance from file data.
47       *
48       * @param file Input stream.
49       * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
50       */
51      ConstantString(final DataInput file) throws IOException {
52          this(file.readUnsignedShort());
53      }
54  
55      /**
56       * Constructs a ConstantString.
57       *
58       * @param stringIndex Index of Constant_Utf8 in constant pool.
59       */
60      public ConstantString(final int stringIndex) {
61          super(Const.CONSTANT_String);
62          this.stringIndex = stringIndex;
63      }
64  
65      /**
66       * Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class.
67       * I.e., the hierarchy of methods, fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.
68       *
69       * @param v Visitor object.
70       */
71      @Override
72      public void accept(final Visitor v) {
73          v.visitConstantString(this);
74      }
75  
76      /**
77       * Dumps constant field reference to file stream in binary format.
78       *
79       * @param file Output file stream.
80       * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
81       */
82      @Override
83      public void dump(final DataOutputStream file) throws IOException {
84          file.writeByte(super.getTag());
85          file.writeShort(stringIndex);
86      }
87  
88      /**
89       * Gets the dereferenced string.
90       *
91       * @param cp the constant pool.
92       * @return dereferenced string.
93       */
94      public String getBytes(final ConstantPool cp) {
95          return (String) getConstantValue(cp);
96      }
97  
98      /**
99       * Gets the String object.
100      *
101      * @param cp the constant pool.
102      * @return String object.
103      */
104     @Override
105     public Object getConstantValue(final ConstantPool cp) {
106         return cp.getConstantUtf8(stringIndex).getBytes();
107     }
108 
109     /**
110      * Gets the index in constant pool of the string.
111      *
112      * @return Index in constant pool of the string (ConstantUtf8).
113      */
114     public int getStringIndex() {
115         return stringIndex;
116     }
117 
118     /**
119      * Sets the string index.
120      *
121      * @param stringIndex the index into the constant of the string value.
122      */
123     public void setStringIndex(final int stringIndex) {
124         this.stringIndex = stringIndex;
125     }
126 
127     /**
128      * @return String representation.
129      */
130     @Override
131     public String toString() {
132         return super.toString() + "(stringIndex = " + stringIndex + ")";
133     }
134 }