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package org.apache.bcel.classfile;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.bcel.Const;

/** 
 * This class is derived from the abstract {@link Constant}
 * and represents a reference to a method type.
 * 
 * @see     Constant
 * @since 6.0
 */
public final class ConstantMethodType extends Constant {

    private int descriptor_index;


    /**
     * Initialize from another object.
     */
    public ConstantMethodType(final ConstantMethodType c) {
        this(c.getDescriptorIndex());
    }


    /**
     * Initialize instance from file data.
     *
     * @param file Input stream
     * @throws IOException
     */
    ConstantMethodType(final DataInput file) throws IOException {
        this(file.readUnsignedShort());
    }


    public ConstantMethodType(final int descriptor_index) {
        super(Const.CONSTANT_MethodType);
        this.descriptor_index = descriptor_index;
    }


    /**
     * Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly
     * defined by the contents of a Java class. I.e., the hierarchy of methods,
     * fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.
     *
     * @param v Visitor object
     */
    @Override
    public void accept( final Visitor v ) {
        v.visitConstantMethodType(this);
    }


    /**
     * Dump name and signature index to file stream in binary format.
     *
     * @param file Output file stream
     * @throws IOException
     */
    @Override
    public final void dump( final DataOutputStream file ) throws IOException {
        file.writeByte(super.getTag());
        file.writeShort(descriptor_index);
    }


    public int getDescriptorIndex() {
        return descriptor_index;
    }


    public void setDescriptorIndex(final int descriptor_index) {
        this.descriptor_index = descriptor_index;
    }


    /**
     * @return String representation
     */
    @Override
    public final String toString() {
        return super.toString() + "(descriptor_index = " + descriptor_index + ")";
    }
}
