fr.umlv.corosol.classfile.io
Interface JClassFileInput

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.DataInput, JObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

JClassFileInputStream

public interface JClassFileInput
extends JObject, java.io.DataInput

This JClassFileInput interface provides methodes for reading bytes from a binary representation of a class (class file). From those bytes, the method of this class create classfile item objects.

Author:

Christophe Deleray

See Also:

JClassFileItem, JAttribute, JConstant, JConstantPool, JClassMember

Method Summary

JConstantPool	getConstantPool() Returns the constant pool created by this classfile reader.
JAttribute	readAttribute() Reads an attributes from the classfile.
JClassFileItem	readClassFileItem(java.lang.Class type) Reads the class file item specified by its type.
JClassMember	readClassMember() Reads a class member description from the classfile.
JConstant	readConstant() Reads a constant pool entry from the classfile.
JConstantPool	readConstantPool() Reads the constant pool from the classfile.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.DataInput

readBoolean, readByte, readChar, readDouble, readFloat, readFully, readFully, readInt, readLine, readLong, readShort, readUnsignedByte, readUnsignedShort, readUTF, skipBytes

Method Detail

readAttribute

JAttribute readAttribute()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Reads an attributes from the classfile.

Returns:

an attribute

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs when reading this attribute

readClassMember

JClassMember readClassMember()
                             throws java.io.IOException

Reads a class member description from the classfile.

Returns:

a class member description

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs when reading this class member description

readConstant

JConstant readConstant()
                       throws java.io.IOException

Reads a constant pool entry from the classfile.

Returns:

a constant pool entry

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs when reading this constant pool entry

readConstantPool

JConstantPool readConstantPool()
                               throws java.io.IOException

Reads the constant pool from the classfile.

Returns:

the constant pool

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs when reading the constant pool

readClassFileItem

JClassFileItem readClassFileItem(java.lang.Class type)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Reads the class file item specified by its type.

Parameters:

type - the type of a class file item to be readed from the classfile

Returns:

the corresponding class item

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs when reading this classfile item

getConstantPool

JConstantPool getConstantPool()

Returns the constant pool created by this classfile reader.

Returns:

the constant pool created by this classfile reader