org.jace.parser.attribute

Interface AttributeReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

CodeAttributeReader, ConstantValueAttributeReader, DeprecatedAttributeReader, ExceptionsAttributeReader, InnerClassesAttributeReader, LocalVariableTableAttributeReader, SignatureAttributeReader, SyntheticAttributeReader, UnknownAttributeReader

public interface AttributeReader

An AttributeReader reads an Attribute from a Java class file.

Author:

Toby Reyelts

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Returns the attribute name.
Attribute	readAttribute(InputStream input, int nameIndex, ConstantPool pool) Reads an Attribute from the InpuStream.

Method Detail

readAttribute

Attribute readAttribute(InputStream input,
                      int nameIndex,
                      ConstantPool pool)
                        throws IOException

Reads an Attribute from the InpuStream.

Parameters:

input - The InputStream must be pointing to a ClassFile. Specifically the InputStream must be position directly after the Attribute's name index.

nameIndex - The constant pool index of the name for the attribute.

pool - The constant pool for this Attribute.

Returns:

the attribute

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while reading the attribute

getName

String getName()

Returns the attribute name. For example, "ConstantValue".

Returns:

the attribute name