Interface MethodRefEntry

All Superinterfaces:

MemberRefEntryPREVIEW, PoolEntryPREVIEW

public sealed interface MethodRefEntry
extends MemberRefEntryPREVIEW

MethodRefEntry is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use MethodRefEntry when preview features are enabled.

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

Models a CONSTANT_MethodRef_info constant in the constant pool of a classfile.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.4.2 The CONSTANT_Fieldref_info, CONSTANT_Methodref_info, and CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref_info Structures

Since:

22

Field Summary

Fields declared in interface java.lang.classfile.constantpool.PoolEntry^PREVIEW

TAG_CLASS, TAG_DOUBLE, TAG_DYNAMIC, TAG_FIELDREF, TAG_FLOAT, TAG_INTEGER, TAG_INTERFACE_METHODREF, TAG_INVOKE_DYNAMIC, TAG_LONG, TAG_METHOD_HANDLE, TAG_METHOD_TYPE, TAG_METHODREF, TAG_MODULE, TAG_NAME_AND_TYPE, TAG_PACKAGE, TAG_STRING, TAG_UTF8

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default MethodTypeDesc	typeSymbol()	Returns a symbolic descriptor for the method's type.

Methods declared in interface java.lang.classfile.constantpool.MemberRefEntry^PREVIEW

name, nameAndType, owner, type

Methods declared in interface java.lang.classfile.constantpool.PoolEntry^PREVIEW

constantPool, index, tag, width

Method Details

typeSymbol

default MethodTypeDesc typeSymbol()

Returns a symbolic descriptor for the method's type.

Returns:

a symbolic descriptor for the method's type