Interface ReturnInstruction

All Superinterfaces:

ClassFileElement, CodeElement, Instruction

public sealed interface ReturnInstruction
extends Instruction

Models a return-from-method instruction in the code array of a Code attribute. Corresponding opcodes will have a kind of Opcode.Kind.RETURN. Delivered as a CodeElement when traversing the elements of a CodeModel.

Since:

24

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ReturnInstruction	of(Opcode op)	Returns a return instruction.
static ReturnInstruction	of(TypeKind typeKind)	Returns a return instruction.
TypeKind	typeKind()	Returns the type of the return instruction.

Methods declared in interface java.lang.classfile.Instruction

opcode, sizeInBytes

Method Details

typeKind

TypeKind typeKind()

Returns the type of the return instruction.

Returns:

the type of the return instruction

of

static ReturnInstruction of(TypeKind typeKind)

Returns a return instruction.

Parameters:

typeKind - the type of the return instruction

Returns:

a return instruction

of

static ReturnInstruction of(Opcode op)

Returns a return instruction.

Parameters:

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

Returns:

a return instruction

Throws:

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