Interface PackageEntry

All Superinterfaces:

PoolEntryPREVIEW

public sealed interface PackageEntry
extends PoolEntryPREVIEW

PackageEntry is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use PackageEntry 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_Package_info constant in the constant pool of a classfile.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.4.12 The CONSTANT_Package_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
PackageDesc	asSymbol()	Returns a symbolic descriptor for the package name.
Utf8EntryPREVIEW	name()	Returns the package name.

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

constantPool, index, tag, width

Method Details

name

Utf8EntryPREVIEW name()

Returns the package name.

Returns:

the package name

asSymbol

PackageDesc asSymbol()

Returns a symbolic descriptor for the package name.

Returns:

a symbolic descriptor for the package name