Interface BootstrapMethodsAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

AttributePREVIEW<BootstrapMethodsAttributePREVIEW>, ClassFileElementPREVIEW

public sealed interface BootstrapMethodsAttribute
extends AttributePREVIEW<BootstrapMethodsAttributePREVIEW>

BootstrapMethodsAttribute is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use BootstrapMethodsAttribute when preview features are enabled.

Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.

Models the BootstrapMethods attribute (JVMS 4.7.23), which serves as an extension to the constant pool of a classfile. Elements of the bootstrap method table are accessed through ConstantPool^PREVIEW.

The attribute does not permit multiple instances in a given location. Subsequent occurrence of the attribute takes precedence during the attributed element build or transformation.

The attribute was introduced in the Java SE Platform version 7.

Since:

22

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<BootstrapMethodEntryPREVIEW>	bootstrapMethods()	Returns the elements of the bootstrap method table.
int	bootstrapMethodsSize()	Returns the size of the bootstrap methods table.

Methods declared in interface java.lang.classfile.Attribute^PREVIEW

attributeMapper, attributeName

Method Details

bootstrapMethods

List<BootstrapMethodEntryPREVIEW> bootstrapMethods()

Returns the elements of the bootstrap method table.

Returns:

the elements of the bootstrap method table

bootstrapMethodsSize

int bootstrapMethodsSize()

Returns the size of the bootstrap methods table.. Calling this method does not necessarily inflate the entire table.

Returns:

the size of the bootstrap methods table