10  * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
  11  *
  12  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  13  *
  14  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  15  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  16  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  17  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  18  * limitations under the License.
  19  */
  20 
  21 package com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.generic;
  22 
  23 import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Const;
  24 import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Repository;
  25 import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.JavaClass;
  26 
  27 /**
  28  * Super class for object and array types.
  29  *
  30  * @version $Id$
  31  */
  32 public abstract class ReferenceType extends Type {
  33 
  34     protected ReferenceType(final byte t, final String s) {
  35         super(t, s);
  36     }
  37 
  38 
  39     /** Class is non-abstract but not instantiable from the outside
  40      */
  41     ReferenceType() {
  42         super(Const.T_OBJECT, "<null object>");
  43     }
  44 
  45 
  46     /**
  47      * Return true iff this type is castable to another type t as defined in
  48      * the JVM specification.  The case where this is Type.NULL is not
  49      * defined (see the CHECKCAST definition in the JVM specification).
  50      * However, because e.g. CHECKCAST doesn't throw a

  10  * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
  11  *
  12  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  13  *
  14  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  15  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  16  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  17  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  18  * limitations under the License.
  19  */
  20 
  21 package com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.generic;
  22 
  23 import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Const;
  24 import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.Repository;
  25 import com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.classfile.JavaClass;
  26 
  27 /**
  28  * Super class for object and array types.
  29  *

  30  */
  31 public abstract class ReferenceType extends Type {
  32 
  33     protected ReferenceType(final byte t, final String s) {
  34         super(t, s);
  35     }
  36 
  37 
  38     /** Class is non-abstract but not instantiable from the outside
  39      */
  40     ReferenceType() {
  41         super(Const.T_OBJECT, "<null object>");
  42     }
  43 
  44 
  45     /**
  46      * Return true iff this type is castable to another type t as defined in
  47      * the JVM specification.  The case where this is Type.NULL is not
  48      * defined (see the CHECKCAST definition in the JVM specification).
  49      * However, because e.g. CHECKCAST doesn't throw a