Interface CodeAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<CodeAttribute>, AttributedElement, ClassFileElement, CodeModel, CompoundElement<CodeElement>, Iterable<CodeElement>, MethodElement

public sealed interface CodeAttribute
extends Attribute<CodeAttribute>, CodeModel

Models the Code attribute (JVMS 4.7.3), which contains the bytecode of this method.

This attribute only appears on methods, and does not permit multiple instances in a method. It has a data dependency on the constant pool.

This attribute was introduced in the Java Platform version 1.0.2, major version 45.

API Note:

CodeAttribute models properties of a Code attribute read from class files. General class file transformation should process and traverse a CodeModel in the traversal of a MethodModel, to support transformation of Code attributes currently being built.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.7.3 The Code Attribute

Since:

24

See Also:

• Attributes.code()
• CodeModel

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	codeArray()	Returns the bytes (bytecode) of the code array.
int	codeLength()	Returns The length of the code array in bytes.
int	labelToBci(Label label)	Returns the position of the label in the codeArray.
int	maxLocals()	Returns the maximum size of the local variable table.
int	maxStack()	Returns the maximum size of the operand stack.

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

Methods declared in interface AttributedElement

attributes, findAttribute, findAttributes

Methods declared in interface CodeModel

exceptionHandlers, parent

Methods declared in interface CompoundElement

elementList, elementStream, forEach, iterator, toDebugString

Methods declared in interface Iterable

spliterator

Method Details

maxLocals

int maxLocals()

Returns the maximum size of the local variable table.

Returns:

the maximum size of the local variable table

maxStack

int maxStack()

Returns the maximum size of the operand stack.

Returns:

the maximum size of the operand stack

codeLength

int codeLength()

Returns The length of the code array in bytes.

Returns:

The length of the code array in bytes

codeArray

byte[] codeArray()

Returns the bytes (bytecode) of the code array.

Returns:

the bytes (bytecode) of the code array

labelToBci

int labelToBci(Label label)

Returns the position of the label in the codeArray. The label represents a cursor pointing at immediately before the returned index into the code array.

Parameters:

label - a marker for a position within this CodeAttribute

Returns:

the position of the label in the codeArray

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the label is not from this attribute