Interface Utf8Entry

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotationConstantValueEntryPREVIEW, CharSequence, PoolEntryPREVIEW

public sealed interface Utf8Entry
extends CharSequence, AnnotationConstantValueEntryPREVIEW

Utf8Entry is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use Utf8Entry 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_UTF8_info constant in the constant pool of a classfile.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.4.7 The CONSTANT_Utf8_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
boolean	equalsString(String s)	Returns whether this entry describes the same string as the provided string.
String	stringValue()	Returns the string value for this entry.

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

constantValue

Methods declared in interface java.lang.CharSequence

charAt, chars, codePoints, isEmpty, length, subSequence, toString

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

constantPool, index, tag, width

Method Details

stringValue

String stringValue()

Returns the string value for this entry.

Returns:

the string value for this entry

equalsString

boolean equalsString(String s)

Returns whether this entry describes the same string as the provided string.

Parameters:

s - the string to compare to

Returns:

whether this entry describes the same string as the provided string