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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       * @param stringIndex Index of Constant_Utf8 in constant pool
57       */
58      public ConstantString(final int stringIndex) {
59          super(Const.CONSTANT_String);
60          this.stringIndex = stringIndex;
61      }
62  
63      /**
64       * Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class.
65       * I.e., the hierarchy of methods, fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.
66       *
67       * @param v Visitor object
68       */
69      @Override
70      public void accept(final Visitor v) {
71          v.visitConstantString(this);
72      }
73  
74      /**
75       * Dump constant field reference to file stream in binary format.
76       *
77       * @param file Output file stream
78       * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
79       */
80      @Override
81      public void dump(final DataOutputStream file) throws IOException {
82          file.writeByte(super.getTag());
83          file.writeShort(stringIndex);
84      }
85  
86      /**
87       * @return dereferenced string
88       */
89      public String getBytes(final ConstantPool cp) {
90          return (String) getConstantValue(cp);
91      }
92  
93      /**
94       * @return String object
95       */
96      @Override
97      public Object getConstantValue(final ConstantPool cp) {
98          return cp.getConstantUtf8(stringIndex).getBytes();
99      }
100 
101     /**
102      * @return Index in constant pool of the string (ConstantUtf8).
103      */
104     public int getStringIndex() {
105         return stringIndex;
106     }
107 
108     /**
109      * @param stringIndex the index into the constant of the string value
110      */
111     public void setStringIndex(final int stringIndex) {
112         this.stringIndex = stringIndex;
113     }
114 
115     /**
116      * @return String representation.
117      */
118     @Override
119     public String toString() {
120         return super.toString() + "(stringIndex = " + stringIndex + ")";
121     }
122 }