Interface MethodHandleEntry

All Superinterfaces:
ClassFileElementPREVIEW, LoadableConstantEntryPREVIEW, PoolEntryPREVIEW, WritableElementPREVIEW<PoolEntryPREVIEW>
public sealed interface MethodHandleEntry extends LoadableConstantEntryPREVIEW
MethodHandleEntry is a preview API of the Java platform.
Programs can only use MethodHandleEntry when preview features are enabled.
Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.
Models a CONSTANT_MethodHandle_info constant in the constant pool of a classfile.
See Java Virtual Machine Specification:
4.4.8 The CONSTANT_MethodHandle_info Structure
Since:
22

  • Method Details

    • constantValue

      default ConstantDesc constantValue()
      Description copied from interface: LoadableConstantEntry
      Returns the constant described by this entry.
      Specified by:
      constantValue in interface LoadableConstantEntryPREVIEW
      Returns:
      the constant described by this entry

    • kind

      int kind()
      Returns the reference kind of this method handle 4.4.8.
      Returns:
      the reference kind of this method handle 4.4.8
      See Also:

    • reference

      MemberRefEntryPREVIEW reference()
      Returns the constant pool entry describing the method.
      Returns:
      the constant pool entry describing the method

    • asSymbol

      DirectMethodHandleDesc asSymbol()
      Returns a symbolic descriptor for this method handle.
      Returns:
      a symbolic descriptor for this method handle