Module java.base

Package java.lang.constant

Interface DirectMethodHandleDesc

All Superinterfaces:

ConstantDesc, MethodHandleDesc

public interface DirectMethodHandleDesc
extends MethodHandleDesc

A nominal descriptor for a direct MethodHandle. A DirectMethodHandleDescImpl corresponds to a Constant_MethodHandle_info entry in the constant pool of a classfile.

Since:

12

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	DirectMethodHandleDesc.Kind	Kinds of method handles that can be described with DirectMethodHandleDesc.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isOwnerInterface()	Indicates if the method is declared by an interface
DirectMethodHandleDesc.Kind	kind()	Return the kind of the method handle described by this nominal descriptor.
String	lookupDescriptor()	Return the lookup descriptor of the method handle described by this descriptor, after adjusting for the invocation mode.
String	methodName()	Return the name of the method or field described by this nominal descriptor.
ClassDesc	owner()	Return a ClassDesc describing the class declaring the method or field described by this nominal descriptor.
int	refKind()	Return the refKind of the method handle described by this nominal reference, as defined by MethodHandleInfo.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc

resolveConstantDesc

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.constant.MethodHandleDesc

asType, invocationType

Method Detail

kind

DirectMethodHandleDesc.Kind kind()

Return the kind of the method handle described by this nominal descriptor.

Returns:

the DirectMethodHandleDesc.Kind

refKind

int refKind()

Return the refKind of the method handle described by this nominal reference, as defined by MethodHandleInfo.

Returns:

the reference kind

isOwnerInterface

boolean isOwnerInterface()

Indicates if the method is declared by an interface

Returns:

true if the method is declared by an interface

owner

ClassDesc owner()

Return a ClassDesc describing the class declaring the method or field described by this nominal descriptor.

Returns:

the class declaring the method or field

methodName

String methodName()

Return the name of the method or field described by this nominal descriptor.

Returns:

the name of the method or field

lookupDescriptor

String lookupDescriptor()

Return the lookup descriptor of the method handle described by this descriptor, after adjusting for the invocation mode. This will correspond to either a method type descriptor string (for methods and constructors), or a field descriptor string (for field access method handles). The lookup descriptor string is in the same format as accepted by MethodHandleDesc.of(Kind, ClassDesc, String, String).

Returns:

the lookup descriptor string