Interface BranchInstruction

All Superinterfaces:

ClassFileElement, CodeElement, Instruction

public sealed interface BranchInstruction
extends Instruction

Models a branching instruction (conditional or unconditional) in the code array of a Code attribute. Corresponding opcodes will have a kind of Opcode.Kind.BRANCH. Delivered as a CodeElement when traversing the elements of a CodeModel.

Since:

24

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static BranchInstruction	of(Opcode op, Label target)	Returns a branch instruction.
Label	target()	Returns the target of the branch.

Methods declared in interface java.lang.classfile.Instruction

opcode, sizeInBytes

Method Details

target

Label target()

Returns the target of the branch.

Returns:

the target of the branch

of

static BranchInstruction of(Opcode op,
 Label target)

Returns a branch instruction.

Parameters:

op - the opcode for the specific type of branch instruction, which must be of kind Opcode.Kind.BRANCH

target - the target of the branch

Returns:

a branch instruction

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the opcode kind is not Opcode.Kind.BRANCH.