org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile (Apache Tomcat 9.0.120 API Documentation)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile

# Package org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile

package org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile
Classes that describe the structure of a Java class file and a class file parser.

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel
  Basic classes for the Apache Byte Code Engineering Library (BCEL) and constants defined by the JVM specification.
- Class
  Description
  AnnotationElementValue
  Element value that represents an annotation.
  AnnotationEntry
  Represents one annotation in the annotation table
  Annotations
  base class for annotations
  ArrayElementValue
  Element value that represents an array of element values.
  ClassElementValue
  Represents a class element value in the constant pool.
  ClassFormatException
  Thrown when the BCEL attempts to read a class file and determines that a class is malformed or otherwise cannot be interpreted as a class file.
  ClassParser
  Wrapper class that parses a given Java .class file.
  Constant
  Abstract superclass for classes to represent the different constant types in the constant pool of a class file.
  ConstantClass
  This class is derived from the abstract `Constant` and represents a reference to a (external) class.
  ConstantDouble
  This class is derived from the abstract `Constant` and represents a reference to a Double object.
  ConstantFloat
  This class is derived from the abstract `Constant` and represents a reference to a float object.
  ConstantInteger
  This class is derived from the abstract `Constant` and represents a reference to an int object.
  ConstantLong
  This class is derived from the abstract `Constant` and represents a reference to a long object.
  ConstantPool
  This class represents the constant pool, that is, a table of constants, of a parsed classfile.
  ConstantUtf8
  Extends the abstract `Constant` to represent a reference to a UTF-8 encoded string.
  ElementValue
  The element_value structure is documented at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se11/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.7.16.1
  ElementValuePair
  An annotation's element value pair.
  EnumElementValue
  Represents an enum constant element value in a Java annotation.
  JavaClass
  Represents a Java class, that is, the data structures, constant pool, fields, methods and commands contained in a Java .class file.
  SimpleElementValue
  Represents a simple element value in an annotation, where the value is a primitive type or String referenced by an index in the constant pool.