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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2000, 2017 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util;
/**
* Description of a constant pool as described in the JVM specifications.
*
* This interface may be implemented by clients.
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface IConstantPool {
/**
* Answer back the number of entries in the constant pool.
*
* @return the number of entries in the constant pool
*/
int getConstantPoolCount();
/**
* Answer back the type of the entry at the given index in the constant pool.
*
* @param index the index of the entry in the constant pool
* @return the type of the entry at the index @index in the constant pool
*/
int getEntryKind(int index);
/**
* Answer back the entry at the given index in the constant pool.
*
* <p>The return value can be an instance of {@link IConstantPoolEntry2} if the value returned
* by {@link #getEntryKind(int)} is either {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_MethodHandle},
* {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_MethodType} or {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_InvokeDynamic}.</p>
*
* <p>The return value can be an instance of {@link IConstantPoolEntry3} if the value returned
* by {@link #getEntryKind(int)} is either {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_Module}
* or {@link IConstantPoolConstant#CONSTANT_Package}.</p>
*
* @param index the index of the entry in the constant pool
* @return the entry at the given index in the constant pool
*/
IConstantPoolEntry decodeEntry(int index);
}
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