oracle.toplink.libraries.asm.attrs

Class LocalVariableTypeTableAttribute

java.lang.Object

oracle.toplink.libraries.asm.Attribute

oracle.toplink.libraries.asm.attrs.LocalVariableTypeTableAttribute

Direct Known Subclasses:

ASMLocalVariableTypeTableAttribute

public class LocalVariableTypeTableAttribute
extends Attribute

The LocalVariableTypeTable attribute is an optional variable-length attribute of a Code attribute. It may be used by debuggers to determine the value of a given local variable during the execution of a method. If LocalVariableTypeTable attributes are present in the attributes table of a given Code attribute, then they may appear in any order. There may be no more than one LocalVariableTypeTable attribute per local variable in the Code attribute. The LocalVariableTypeTable attribute differs from the LocalVariableTable attribute in that it provides signature information rather than descriptor information. This difference is only significant for variables whose type is a generic reference type. Such variables will appear in both tables, while variables of other types will appear only in LocalVariableTable.

The LocalVariableTypeTable attribute has the following format:

   LocalVariableTypeTable_attribute {
     u2 attribute_name_index;
     u4 attribute_length;
     u2 local_variable_type_table_length;
     { 
       u2 start_pc;
       u2 length;
       u2 name_index;
       u2 signature_index;
       u2 index;
     } local_variable_type_table[local_variable_type_table_length];
   }
 

The items of the LocalVariableTypeTable_attribute structure are as follows:

attribute_name_index

The value of the attribute_name_index item must be a valid index into the constant_pool table a121. The constant_pool entry at that index must be a CONSTANT_Utf8_info (4.5.7) a122 structure representing the string "LocalVariableTypeTable" a123.

attribute_length

The value of the attribute_length item indicates the length of the attribute, excluding the initial six bytes.

local_variable_table_length

The value of the local_variable_table_length item indicates the number of entries in the local_variable_table array.

local_variable_table[]

Each entry in the local_variable_table array indicates a range of code array offsets within which a local variable has a value. It also indicates the index into the local variable array of the current frame at which that local variable can be found. Each entry must contain the following five items:

start_pc, length

The given local variable must have a value at indices into the code array in the interval [start_pc, start_pc+length), that is, between start_pc and start_pc+length exclusive. The value of start_pc must be a valid index into the code array of this Code attribute and must be the index of the opcode of an instructiona124. The value of start_pc+length must either be a valid index into the code array of this Code attribute and be the index of the opcode of an instruction, or it must be the first index beyond the end of that code array a125.

name_index, signature_index

The value of the name_index item must be a valid index into the constant_pool table a127. The constant_pool entry at that index must contain a CONSTANT_Utf8_info structure a128 representing a valid unqualified name denoting a local variablea128. Careful here - do we want any restrictions at all?

The value of the signature_index item must be a valid index into the constant_pool table. The constant_pool entry at that index must contain a CONSTANT_Utf8_info structure representing a field type signature encoding the type of a local variable in the source program.

index

The given local variable must be at index in the local variable array of the current frame. If the local variable at index is of type double or long, it occupies both index and index+1.

Author:

Eugene Kuleshov

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.util.List	types

Fields inherited from class oracle.toplink.libraries.asm.Attribute

next, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LocalVariableTypeTableAttribute()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Label[]	getLabels() Returns the labels corresponding to this attribute.
java.util.List	getTypes()
protected Attribute	read(ClassReader cr, int off, int len, char[] buf, int codeOff, Label[] labels) Reads a type attribute.
java.lang.String	toString()
protected ByteVector	write(ClassWriter cw, byte[] code, int len, int maxStack, int maxLocals) Returns the byte array form of this attribute.

Methods inherited from class oracle.toplink.libraries.asm.Attribute

isUnknown

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

types

protected java.util.List types

Constructor Detail

LocalVariableTypeTableAttribute

public LocalVariableTypeTableAttribute()

Method Detail

getTypes

public java.util.List getTypes()

getLabels

protected Label[] getLabels()

Description copied from class: Attribute

Returns the labels corresponding to this attribute.

Overrides:

getLabels in class Attribute

Returns:

the labels corresponding to this attribute, or null if this attribute is not a code attribute that contains labels.

read

protected Attribute read(ClassReader cr,
                         int off,
                         int len,
                         char[] buf,
                         int codeOff,
                         Label[] labels)

Description copied from class: Attribute

Reads a type attribute. This method must return a new Attribute object, of type type, corresponding to the len bytes starting at the given offset, in the given class reader.

Overrides:

read in class Attribute

Parameters:

cr - the class that contains the attribute to be read.

off - index of the first byte of the attribute's content in cr.b. The 6 attribute header bytes, containing the type and the length of the attribute, are not taken into account here.

len - the length of the attribute's content.

buf - buffer to be used to call readUTF8, readClass or readConst.

codeOff - index of the first byte of code's attribute content in cr.b, or -1 if the attribute to be read is not a code attribute. The 6 attribute header bytes, containing the type and the length of the attribute, are not taken into account here.

labels - the labels of the method's code, or null if the attribute to be read is not a code attribute.

Returns:

a new Attribute object corresponding to the given bytes.

write

protected ByteVector write(ClassWriter cw,
                           byte[] code,
                           int len,
                           int maxStack,
                           int maxLocals)

Description copied from class: Attribute

Returns the byte array form of this attribute.

Overrides:

write in class Attribute

Parameters:

cw - the class to which this attribute must be added. This parameter can be used to add to the constant pool of this class the items that corresponds to this attribute.

code - the bytecode of the method corresponding to this code attribute, or null if this attribute is not a code attributes.

len - the length of the bytecode of the method corresponding to this code attribute, or null if this attribute is not a code attribute.

maxStack - the maximum stack size of the method corresponding to this code attribute, or -1 if this attribute is not a code attribute.

maxLocals - the maximum number of local variables of the method corresponding to this code attribute, or -1 if this attribute is not a code attribute.

Returns:

the byte array form of this attribute.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object