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package com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile;

import java.io.DataInput;

import java.io.DataOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Const;

/**

 * This class is derived from the abstract {@link Constant}

 * and represents a reference to a String object.

 *

 * @version $Id: ConstantString.java 1749603 2016-06-21 20:50:19Z ggregory $

 * @see     Constant

 */

public final class ConstantString extends Constant implements ConstantObject {

    private int string_index; // Identical to ConstantClass except for this name

    /**

     * Initialize from another object.

     */

    public ConstantString(final ConstantString c) {

        this(c.getStringIndex());

    }

    /**

     * Initialize instance from file data.

     *

     * @param file Input stream

     * @throws IOException

     */

    ConstantString(final DataInput file) throws IOException {

        this(file.readUnsignedShort());

    }

    /**

     * @param string_index Index of Constant_Utf8 in constant pool

     */

    public ConstantString(final int string_index) {

        super(Const.CONSTANT_String);

        this.string_index = string_index;

    }

    /**

     * Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitely

     * defined by the contents of a Java class. I.e., the hierarchy of methods,

     * fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.

     *

     * @param v Visitor object

     */

    @Override

    public void accept( final Visitor v ) {

        v.visitConstantString(this);

    }

    /**

     * Dump constant field reference to file stream in binary format.

     *

     * @param file Output file stream

     * @throws IOException

     */

    @Override

    public final void dump( final DataOutputStream file ) throws IOException {

        file.writeByte(super.getTag());

        file.writeShort(string_index);

    }

    /**

     * @return Index in constant pool of the string (ConstantUtf8).

     */

    public final int getStringIndex() {

        return string_index;

    }

    /**

     * @param string_index the index into the constant of the string value

     */

    public final void setStringIndex( final int string_index ) {

        this.string_index = string_index;

    }

    /**

     * @return String representation.

     */

    @Override

    public final String toString() {

        return super.toString() + "(string_index = " + string_index + ")";

    }

    /** @return String object

     */

    @Override

    public Object getConstantValue( final ConstantPool cp ) {

        final Constant c = cp.getConstant(string_index, Const.CONSTANT_Utf8);

        return ((ConstantUtf8) c).getBytes();

    }

    /** @return dereferenced string

     */

    public String getBytes( final ConstantPool cp ) {

        return (String) getConstantValue(cp);

    }

}