Interface StringEntry

All Superinterfaces:

ConstantValueEntryPREVIEW, LoadableConstantEntryPREVIEW, PoolEntryPREVIEW

public sealed interface StringEntry
extends ConstantValueEntryPREVIEW

StringEntry is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use StringEntry 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_String_info constant in the constant pool of a classfile.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.4.3 The CONSTANT_String_info Structure

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
String	stringValue()	Returns the string value for this entry.
Utf8EntryPREVIEW	utf8()	Returns the UTF constant pool entry describing the string contents.

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

constantValue

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

typeKind

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

constantPool, index, tag, width

Method Details

utf8

Utf8EntryPREVIEW utf8()

Returns the UTF constant pool entry describing the string contents.

Returns:

the UTF constant pool entry describing the string contents

stringValue

String stringValue()

Returns the string value for this entry.

Returns:

the string value for this entry