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    17  package org.apache.bcel.classfile;
    18
    19  import java.io.DataInputStream;
    20  import java.io.DataOutputStream;
    21  import java.io.IOException;
    22  import org.apache.bcel.Constants;
    23
    24  /***
    25   * This class is derived from the abstract
    26   * <A HREF="org.apache.bcel.classfile.Constant.html">Constant</A> class
    27   * and represents a reference to a String object.
    28   *
    29   * @version $Id: ConstantString.java 386056 2006-03-15 11:31:56Z tcurdt $
    30   * @author  <A HREF="mailto:m.dahm@gmx.de">M. Dahm</A>
    31   * @see     Constant
    32   */
    33  public final class ConstantString extends Constant implements ConstantObject {
    34
    35      private int string_index; // Identical to ConstantClass except for this name
    36
    37
    38      /***
    39       * Initialize from another object.
    40       */
    41      public ConstantString(ConstantString c) {
    42          this(c.getStringIndex());
    43      }
    44
    45
    46      /***
    47       * Initialize instance from file data.
    48       *
    49       * @param file Input stream
    50       * @throws IOException
    51       */
    52      ConstantString(DataInputStream file) throws IOException {
    53          this(file.readUnsignedShort());
    54      }
    55
    56
    57      /***
    58       * @param string_index Index of Constant_Utf8 in constant pool
    59       */
    60      public ConstantString(int string_index) {
    61          super(Constants.CONSTANT_String);
    62          this.string_index = string_index;
    63      }
    64
    65
    66      /***
    67       * Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitely
    68       * defined by the contents of a Java class. I.e., the hierarchy of methods,
    69       * fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.
    70       *
    71       * @param v Visitor object
    72       */
    73      public void accept( Visitor v ) {
    74          v.visitConstantString(this);
    75      }
    76
    77
    78      /***
    79       * Dump constant field reference to file stream in binary format.
    80       *
    81       * @param file Output file stream
    82       * @throws IOException
    83       */
    84      public final void dump( DataOutputStream file ) throws IOException {
    85          file.writeByte(tag);
    86          file.writeShort(string_index);
    87      }
    88
    89
    90      /***
    91       * @return Index in constant pool of the string (ConstantUtf8).
    92       */
    93      public final int getStringIndex() {
    94          return string_index;
    95      }
    96
    97
    98      /***
    99       * @param string_index the index into the constant of the string value
    100      */
    101     public final void setStringIndex( int string_index ) {
    102         this.string_index = string_index;
    103     }
    104
    105
    106     /***
    107      * @return String representation.
    108      */
    109     public final String toString() {
    110         return super.toString() + "(string_index = " + string_index + ")";
    111     }
    112
    113
    114     /*** @return String object
    115      */
    116     public Object getConstantValue( ConstantPool cp ) {
    117         Constant c = cp.getConstant(string_index, Constants.CONSTANT_Utf8);
    118         return ((ConstantUtf8) c).getBytes();
    119     }
    120
    121
    122     /*** @return dereferenced string
    123      */
    124     public String getBytes( ConstantPool cp ) {
    125         return (String) getConstantValue(cp);
    126     }
    127 }