Interface NewMultiArrayInstruction

All Superinterfaces:

ClassFileElementPREVIEW, CodeElementPREVIEW, InstructionPREVIEW

public sealed interface NewMultiArrayInstruction
extends InstructionPREVIEW

NewMultiArrayInstruction is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use NewMultiArrayInstruction 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 multianewarray invocation instruction in the code array of a Code attribute. Delivered as a CodeElement^PREVIEW when traversing the elements of a CodeModel^PREVIEW.

Since:

22

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassEntryPREVIEW	arrayType()	Returns the type of the array, as a symbolic descriptor.
int	dimensions()	Returns the number of dimensions of the array.
static NewMultiArrayInstructionPREVIEW	of(ClassEntryPREVIEW arrayTypeEntry, int dimensions)	Returns a new multi-dimensional array instruction.

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

opcode, sizeInBytes

Method Details

arrayType

ClassEntryPREVIEW arrayType()

Returns the type of the array, as a symbolic descriptor.

Returns:

the type of the array, as a symbolic descriptor

dimensions

int dimensions()

Returns the number of dimensions of the array.

Returns:

the number of dimensions of the array

of

static NewMultiArrayInstructionPREVIEW of(ClassEntryPREVIEW arrayTypeEntry,
 int dimensions)

Returns a new multi-dimensional array instruction.

Parameters:

arrayTypeEntry - the type of the array

dimensions - the number of dimensions of the array

Returns:

a new multi-dimensional array instruction

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if dimensions is out of range