1 cananian 1.9.2.3 // HConstructor.java, created Sat Aug 1 4:54:58 1998 by cananian
2 cananian 1.6 // Copyright (C) 1998 C. Scott Ananian <cananian@alumni.princeton.edu>
3 cananian 1.6 // Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL; see COPYING for details.
4 cananian 1.1 package harpoon.ClassFile;
5 cananian 1.1
6 cananian 1.9.2.1 import harpoon.Util.ArrayFactory;
7 cananian 1.1
8 cananian 1.1 /**
9 cananian 1.9.2.2 * An <code>HConstructor</code> provides information about a single
10 cananian 1.1 * constructor for a class.
11 cananian 1.2 *
12 cananian 1.4 * @author C. Scott Ananian <cananian@alumni.princeton.edu>
13 cananian 1.11 * @version $Id: HConstructor.java,v 1.11 2002/04/10 03:04:15 cananian Exp $
14 cananian 1.1 * @see HMethod
15 cananian 1.1 * @see HMember
16 cananian 1.1 * @see HClass
17 cananian 1.1 */
18 cananian 1.9.2.4 public interface HConstructor extends HMethod {
19 cananian 1.1 /**
20 cananian 1.1 * Returns the name of this constructor, as a string. This is always
21 cananian 1.1 * the string "<code><init></code>".
22 cananian 1.1 */
23 cananian 1.9.2.4 public String getName();
24 cananian 1.1
25 cananian 1.1 /**
26 cananian 1.9 * Returns a hashcode for this Constructor. The hashcode is computed as
27 cananian 1.9 * the exclusive-or of the hashcodes for the underlying constructor's
28 cananian 1.9 * declaring class and the constructor's descriptor string.
29 cananian 1.1 */
30 cananian 1.9.2.4 public int hashCode();
31 cananian 1.1
32 cananian 1.1 /**
33 cananian 1.1 * Return a string describing this Constructor. The string is formatted
34 cananian 1.9.2.2 * as: the constructor access modifiers, if any, followed by the
35 cananian 1.1 * fully-qualified name of the declaring class, followed by a
36 cananian 1.1 * parenthesized, comma-separated list of the constructor's formal
37 cananian 1.1 * parameter types. For example: <p>
38 cananian 1.1 * <DL><DD><CODE>public java.util.Hashtable(int,float)</CODE></DL><p>
39 cananian 1.1 * The only possible modifiers for constructors are the access modifiers
40 cananian 1.1 * <code>public</code>, <code>protected</code>, or <code>private</code>.
41 cananian 1.1 * Only one of these may appear, or none if the constructor has default
42 cananian 1.1 * (<code>package</code>) access.
43 cananian 1.1 */
44 cananian 1.9.2.4 public String toString();
45 cananian 1.1
46 cananian 1.9.2.1 /** Array factory: returns new <code>HConstructor[]</code>. */
47 cananian 1.10.2.1 public static final ArrayFactory<HConstructor> arrayFactory =
48 cananian 1.9.2.4 Factories.hconstructorArrayFactory;
49 cananian 1.1 }