com.claritysys.jvm.classfile
Interface AttributeHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

CfField, CfMethod, ClassFile

public interface AttributeHandler

A callback interface, to intercept attributes as they are being read.

Method Summary

boolean

handleAttribute(java.io.DataInputStream dataIn, java.lang.String name, int length) Process the given attribute.

Method Detail

handleAttribute

boolean handleAttribute(java.io.DataInputStream dataIn,
                        java.lang.String name,
                        int length)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               ClassFileFormatException

Process the given attribute. If the handler does not wish to process it, it should return false. If it does handle it, return true.

Parameters:

dataIn - DataInputStream, positioned to attribute's data.

name - Attribute name from constant pool.

length - Length of info[] in bytes.

Returns:

true if the handler processed it, false if not.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an I/O error ocurrs.

ClassFileFormatException - If the attribute was processed but was incorrectly formed.