protected DynamicConstantDesc(DirectMethodHandleDesc bootstrapMethod, String constantName, ClassDesc constantType, ConstantDesc... bootstrapArgs)

Creates a nominal descriptor for a dynamic constant.

public static <T> ConstantDesc ofCanonical(DirectMethodHandleDesc bootstrapMethod, String constantName, ClassDesc constantType, ConstantDesc[] bootstrapArgs)

Returns a nominal descriptor for a dynamic constant, transforming it into a more specific type if the constant bootstrap is a well-known one and a more specific nominal descriptor type (e.g., ClassDesc) is available.

Classes whose Constable.describeConstable() method produce a DynamicConstantDesc with a well-known bootstrap including Class (for instances describing primitive types), Enum, and VarHandle.

Bytecode-reading APIs that process the constant pool and wish to expose entries as ConstantDesc to their callers should generally use this method in preference to ofNamed(DirectMethodHandleDesc, String, ClassDesc, ConstantDesc...) because this may result in a more specific type that can be provided to callers.

public static <T> DynamicConstantDesc<T> ofNamed(DirectMethodHandleDesc bootstrapMethod, String constantName, ClassDesc constantType, ConstantDesc... bootstrapArgs)

Returns a nominal descriptor for a dynamic constant.

public static <T> DynamicConstantDesc<T> of(DirectMethodHandleDesc bootstrapMethod, ConstantDesc... bootstrapArgs)

Returns a nominal descriptor for a dynamic constant whose name parameter is ConstantDescs.DEFAULT_NAME, and whose type parameter is always the same as the bootstrap method return type.

public static <T> DynamicConstantDesc<T> of(DirectMethodHandleDesc bootstrapMethod)

Returns a nominal descriptor for a dynamic constant whose bootstrap has no static arguments, whose name parameter is ConstantDescs.DEFAULT_NAME, and whose type parameter is always the same as the bootstrap method return type.

public String constantName()

Returns the name that would appear in the NameAndType operand of the LDC for this constant.

public ClassDesc constantType()

Returns a ClassDesc describing the type that would appear in the NameAndType operand of the LDC for this constant.

public DirectMethodHandleDesc bootstrapMethod()

Returns a MethodHandleDesc describing the bootstrap method for this constant.

public ConstantDesc[] bootstrapArgs()

Returns the bootstrap arguments for this constant.

public List<ConstantDesc> bootstrapArgsList()

Returns the bootstrap arguments for this constant as an immutable List.

public T resolveConstantDesc(MethodHandles.Lookup lookup) throws ReflectiveOperationException

Resolves this descriptor reflectively, emulating the resolution behavior of JVMS 5.4.3 and the access control behavior of JVMS 5.4.4. The resolution and access control context is provided by the MethodHandles.Lookup parameter. No caching of the resulting value is performed.

public final boolean equals(Object o)

Compares the specified object with this descriptor for equality. Returns true if and only if the specified object is also a DynamicConstantDesc, and both descriptors have equal bootstrap methods, bootstrap argument lists, constant name, and constant type.

public final int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by HashMap.

The general contract of hashCode is:

• Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
• If two objects are equal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
• It is not required that if two objects are unequal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.

public String toString()

Returns a compact textual description of this constant description, including the bootstrap method, the constant name and type, and the static bootstrap arguments.