Interface ConstantValueAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<ConstantValueAttribute>, ClassFileElement, FieldElement

public sealed interface ConstantValueAttribute
extends Attribute<ConstantValueAttribute>, FieldElement

Models the ConstantValue attribute (JVMS 4.7.2), which indicates this field's value is a constant and that constant value.

This attribute only appears on fields, and does not permit multiple instances in a field. It has a data dependency on the constant pool.

This attribute was introduced in the Java Platform version 1.0.2, major version 45.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.7.2 The ConstantValue Attribute

Since:

24

See Also:

• Attributes.constantValue()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ConstantValueEntry	constant()	Returns the constant value of the field.
static ConstantValueAttribute	of(ConstantValueEntry value)	Returns a ConstantValue attribute.
static ConstantValueAttribute	of(ConstantDesc value)	Returns a ConstantValue attribute.

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AttributeMapper<ConstantValueAttribute>	attributeMapper()	Returns the AttributeMapper associated with this attribute.
Utf8Entry	attributeName()	Returns the name of the attribute.

Method Details

constant

ConstantValueEntry constant()

Returns the constant value of the field.

Returns:

the constant value of the field

of

static ConstantValueAttribute of(ConstantValueEntry value)

Returns a ConstantValue attribute.

Parameters:

value - the constant value

Returns:

a ConstantValue attribute

of

static ConstantValueAttribute of(ConstantDesc value)

Returns a ConstantValue attribute.

Parameters:

value - the constant value

Returns:

a ConstantValue attribute