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package org.apache.bcel.generic;

import org.apache.bcel.Const;

Denotes array type, such as int[][]
/** * Denotes array type, such as int[][] * */
public final class ArrayType extends ReferenceType { private int dimensions; private Type basic_type;
Convenience constructor for array type, e.g. int[]
Params:
  • type – array type, e.g. T_INT
/** * Convenience constructor for array type, e.g. int[] * * @param type array type, e.g. T_INT */
public ArrayType(final byte type, final int dimensions) { this(BasicType.getType(type), dimensions); }
Convenience constructor for reference array type, e.g. Object[]
Params:
  • class_name – complete name of class (java.lang.String, e.g.)
/** * Convenience constructor for reference array type, e.g. Object[] * * @param class_name complete name of class (java.lang.String, e.g.) */
public ArrayType(final String class_name, final int dimensions) { this(ObjectType.getInstance(class_name), dimensions); }
Constructor for array of given type
Params:
  • type – type of array (may be an array itself)
/** * Constructor for array of given type * * @param type type of array (may be an array itself) */
public ArrayType(final Type type, final int dimensions) { super(Const.T_ARRAY, "<dummy>"); if ((dimensions < 1) || (dimensions > Const.MAX_BYTE)) { throw new ClassGenException("Invalid number of dimensions: " + dimensions); } switch (type.getType()) { case Const.T_ARRAY: final ArrayType array = (ArrayType) type; this.dimensions = dimensions + array.dimensions; basic_type = array.basic_type; break; case Const.T_VOID: throw new ClassGenException("Invalid type: void[]"); default: // Basic type or reference this.dimensions = dimensions; basic_type = type; break; } final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < this.dimensions; i++) { buf.append('['); } buf.append(basic_type.getSignature()); super.setSignature(buf.toString()); }
Returns:basic type of array, i.e., for int[][][] the basic type is int
/** * @return basic type of array, i.e., for int[][][] the basic type is int */
public Type getBasicType() { return basic_type; }
Returns:element type of array, i.e., for int[][][] the element type is int[][]
/** * @return element type of array, i.e., for int[][][] the element type is int[][] */
public Type getElementType() { if (dimensions == 1) { return basic_type; } return new ArrayType(basic_type, dimensions - 1); }
Returns:number of dimensions of array
/** @return number of dimensions of array */
public int getDimensions() { return dimensions; }
Returns:a hash code value for the object.
/** @return a hash code value for the object. */
@Override public int hashCode() { return basic_type.hashCode() ^ dimensions; }
Returns:true if both type objects refer to the same array type.
/** @return true if both type objects refer to the same array type. */
@Override public boolean equals( final Object _type ) { if (_type instanceof ArrayType) { final ArrayType array = (ArrayType) _type; return (array.dimensions == dimensions) && array.basic_type.equals(basic_type); } return false; } }