- package com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.generic;
-
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- */
-
- /**
- * Denotes that an instruction may start the process of loading and resolving
- * the referenced class in the Virtual Machine.
- *
- * @version $Id: LoadClass.java,v 1.1.1.1 2001/10/29 20:00:23 jvanzyl Exp $
- * @author <A HREF="mailto:markus.dahm@berlin.de">M. Dahm</A>
- */
- public interface LoadClass {
- /**
- * Returns the ObjectType of the referenced class or interface
- * that may be loaded and resolved.
- * @return object type that may be loaded or null if a primitive is
- * referenced
- */
- public ObjectType getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen cpg);
-
- /**
- * Returns the type associated with this instruction.
- * LoadClass instances are always typed, but this type
- * does not always refer to the type of the class or interface
- * that it possibly forces to load. For example, GETFIELD would
- * return the type of the field and not the type of the class
- * where the field is defined.
- * If no class is forced to be loaded, <B>null</B> is returned.
- * An example for this is an ANEWARRAY instruction that creates
- * an int[][].
- * @see #getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen)
- */
- public Type getType(ConstantPoolGen cpg);
- }