Module java.base

Package java.lang.foreign

Interface StructLayout

All Superinterfaces:

GroupLayoutPREVIEW, MemoryLayoutPREVIEW

public sealed interface StructLayout
extends GroupLayoutPREVIEW

StructLayout is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use StructLayout when preview features are enabled.

Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.

A struct layout where member layouts are laid out one after the other (see MemoryLayout.structLayout(MemoryLayout...)^PREVIEW).

Since:

20

Implementation Requirements:

Implementing classes are immutable, thread-safe and value-based.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.lang.foreign.MemoryLayout^PREVIEW

MemoryLayout.PathElementPREVIEW

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
StructLayoutPREVIEW	withBitAlignment(long bitAlignment)	Returns a memory layout of the same type with the same size and name as this layout, but with the specified alignment constraint (in bits).
StructLayoutPREVIEW	withName(String name)	Returns a memory layout of the same type with the same size and alignment constraint as this layout, but with the specified name.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.foreign.GroupLayout^PREVIEW

memberLayouts

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.foreign.MemoryLayout^PREVIEW

bitAlignment, bitOffset, bitOffsetHandle, bitSize, byteAlignment, byteOffset, byteOffsetHandle, byteSize, equals, hashCode, name, select, sliceHandle, toString, varHandle

Method Details

withName

StructLayoutPREVIEW withName(String name)

Description copied from interface: GroupLayout

Returns a memory layout of the same type with the same size and alignment constraint as this layout, but with the specified name.

Specified by:

withName in interface GroupLayoutPREVIEW

Specified by:

withName in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW

Parameters:

name - the layout name.

Returns:

a memory layout with the given name.

See Also:

• MemoryLayout.name()^PREVIEW

withBitAlignment

StructLayoutPREVIEW withBitAlignment(long bitAlignment)

Description copied from interface: GroupLayout

Returns a memory layout of the same type with the same size and name as this layout, but with the specified alignment constraint (in bits).

Specified by:

withBitAlignment in interface GroupLayoutPREVIEW

Specified by:

withBitAlignment in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW

Parameters:

bitAlignment - the layout alignment constraint, expressed in bits.

Returns:

a memory layout with the given alignment constraint.