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Interface SourceDebugExtensionAttribute

All Superinterfaces:
Attribute<SourceDebugExtensionAttribute>, ClassElement, ClassFileElement
public sealed interface SourceDebugExtensionAttribute extends Attribute<SourceDebugExtensionAttribute>, ClassElement
Models the SourceDebugExtension attribute (JVMS 4.7.11), which stores arbitrary modified UTF-8 data.

This attribute only appears on classes, and does not permit multiple instances in a class. It has no data dependency.

The attribute was introduced in the Java SE Platform version 5.0, major version 49.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:
4.7.11 The SourceDebugExtension Attribute
Since:
24
See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method Description
byte[] contents()
Returns the debug extension payload.
static SourceDebugExtensionAttribute of(byte[] contents)
Returns a SourceDebugExtension attribute.

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

Method Details

contents

byte[] contents()
Returns the debug extension payload. The payload may denote a string longer than that which can be represented with a String.
Returns:
the debug extension payload

of

static SourceDebugExtensionAttribute of(byte[] contents)
Returns a SourceDebugExtension attribute.
Parameters:
contents - the extension contents
Returns:
a SourceDebugExtension attribute

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