org.codehaus.groovy.classgen.asm

## Class BytecodeHelper

- java.lang.Object
- - org.codehaus.groovy.classgen.asm.BytecodeHelper

All Implemented Interfaces:
  org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes

    public class BytecodeHelper
    extends java.lang.Object
    implements org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes

A helper class for bytecode generation with AsmClassGenerator.

### Field Summary

### Fields inherited from interface org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes

`AALOAD, AASTORE, ACC_ABSTRACT, ACC_ANNOTATION, ACC_BRIDGE, ACC_DEPRECATED, ACC_ENUM, ACC_FINAL, ACC_INTERFACE, ACC_NATIVE, ACC_PRIVATE, ACC_PROTECTED, ACC_PUBLIC, ACC_STATIC, ACC_STRICT, ACC_SUPER, ACC_SYNCHRONIZED, ACC_SYNTHETIC, ACC_TRANSIENT, ACC_VARARGS, ACC_VOLATILE, ACONST_NULL, ALOAD, ANEWARRAY, ARETURN, ARRAYLENGTH, ASM4, ASTORE, ATHROW, BALOAD, BASTORE, BIPUSH, CALOAD, CASTORE, CHECKCAST, D2F, D2I, D2L, DADD, DALOAD, DASTORE, DCMPG, DCMPL, DCONST_0, DCONST_1, DDIV, DLOAD, DMUL, DNEG, DOUBLE, DREM, DRETURN, DSTORE, DSUB, DUP, DUP_X1, DUP_X2, DUP2, DUP2_X1, DUP2_X2, F_APPEND, F_CHOP, F_FULL, F_NEW, F_SAME, F_SAME1, F2D, F2I, F2L, FADD, FALOAD, FASTORE, FCMPG, FCMPL, FCONST_0, FCONST_1, FCONST_2, FDIV, FLOAD, FLOAT, FMUL, FNEG, FREM, FRETURN, FSTORE, FSUB, GETFIELD, GETSTATIC, GOTO, H_GETFIELD, H_GETSTATIC, H_INVOKEINTERFACE, H_INVOKESPECIAL, H_INVOKESTATIC, H_INVOKEVIRTUAL, H_NEWINVOKESPECIAL, H_PUTFIELD, H_PUTSTATIC, I2B, I2C, I2D, I2F, I2L, I2S, IADD, IALOAD, IAND, IASTORE, ICONST_0, ICONST_1, ICONST_2, ICONST_3, ICONST_4, ICONST_5, ICONST_M1, IDIV, IF_ACMPEQ, IF_ACMPNE, IF_ICMPEQ, IF_ICMPGE, IF_ICMPGT, IF_ICMPLE, IF_ICMPLT, IF_ICMPNE, IFEQ, IFGE, IFGT, IFLE, IFLT, IFNE, IFNONNULL, IFNULL, IINC, ILOAD, IMUL, INEG, INSTANCEOF, INTEGER, INVOKEDYNAMIC, INVOKEINTERFACE, INVOKESPECIAL, INVOKESTATIC, INVOKEVIRTUAL, IOR, IREM, IRETURN, ISHL, ISHR, ISTORE, ISUB, IUSHR, IXOR, JSR, L2D, L2F, L2I, LADD, LALOAD, LAND, LASTORE, LCMP, LCONST_0, LCONST_1, LDC, LDIV, LLOAD, LMUL, LNEG, LONG, LOOKUPSWITCH, LOR, LREM, LRETURN, LSHL, LSHR, LSTORE, LSUB, LUSHR, LXOR, MONITORENTER, MONITOREXIT, MULTIANEWARRAY, NEW, NEWARRAY, NOP, NULL, POP, POP2, PUTFIELD, PUTSTATIC, RET, RETURN, SALOAD, SASTORE, SIPUSH, SWAP, T_BOOLEAN, T_BYTE, T_CHAR, T_DOUBLE, T_FLOAT, T_INT, T_LONG, T_SHORT, TABLESWITCH, TOP, UNINITIALIZED_THIS, V1_1, V1_2, V1_3, V1_4, V1_5, V1_6, V1_7`

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`BytecodeHelper()`

### Method Summary

Methods
`static boolean` `box(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, java.lang.Class type)` Generates the bytecode to autobox the current value on the stack
`static boolean` `box(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, ClassNode type)` box top level operand
`static void` `doCast(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, java.lang.Class type)`
`static void` `doCast(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, ClassNode type)`
`static void` `doCastToPrimitive(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, ClassNode sourceType, ClassNode targetType)` Given a wrapped number type (Byte, Integer, Short, ...), generates bytecode to convert it to a primitive number (int, long, double) using calls to wrapped.
`static void` `doCastToWrappedType(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, ClassNode sourceType, ClassNode targetType)` Given a primitive number type (byte, integer, short, ...), generates bytecode to convert it to a wrapped number (Integer, Long, Double) using calls to [WrappedType].valueOf
`static void` `doReturn(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, ClassNode returnType)`
`static java.lang.String` `formatNameForClassLoading(java.lang.String name)` returns a name that Class.forName() can take.
`static java.lang.String` `getClassInternalName(java.lang.Class t)`
`static java.lang.String` `getClassInternalName(ClassNode t)`
`static java.lang.String` `getClassInternalName(java.lang.String name)`
`static java.lang.String[]` `getClassInternalNames(ClassNode[] names)`
`static java.lang.String` `getClassLoadingTypeDescription(ClassNode c)` array types are special: eg.: String[]: classname: [Ljava.lang.String; Object: classname: java.lang.Object int[] : classname: [I unlike getTypeDescription '.' is not replaced by '/'.
`static java.lang.String` `getGenericsBounds(ClassNode type)`
`static java.lang.String` `getGenericsMethodSignature(MethodNode node)`
`static java.lang.String` `getGenericsSignature(ClassNode node)`
`static java.lang.String` `getMethodDescriptor(java.lang.Class returnType, java.lang.Class[] paramTypes)`
`static java.lang.String` `getMethodDescriptor(ClassNode returnType, Parameter[] parameters)`
`static java.lang.String` `getTypeDescription(java.lang.Class c)`
`static java.lang.String` `getTypeDescription(ClassNode c)` array types are special: eg.: String[]: classname: [Ljava/lang/String; int[]: [I
`static boolean` `isClassLiteralPossible(ClassNode classNode)` Tells if a class node is candidate for class literal bytecode optimization.
`static boolean` `isSameCompilationUnit(ClassNode a, ClassNode b)` Returns true if the two classes share the same compilation unit.
`static void` `load(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, ClassNode type, int idx)`
`static void` `negateBoolean(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv)` negate a boolean on stack. true->false, false->true
`static void` `pushConstant(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, int value)`
`static void` `unbox(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, java.lang.Class type)` Generates the bytecode to unbox the current value on the stack
`static void` `unbox(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, ClassNode type)`
`static void` `visitClassLiteral(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv, ClassNode classNode)` Visits a class literal.

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

### Constructor Detail

#### BytecodeHelper

    public BytecodeHelper()

### Method Detail

#### getClassInternalName

    public static java.lang.String getClassInternalName(ClassNode t)

#### getClassInternalName

    public static java.lang.String getClassInternalName(java.lang.Class t)

#### getClassInternalName

    public static java.lang.String getClassInternalName(java.lang.String name)

Returns:
  the ASM internal name of the type

#### getMethodDescriptor

    public static java.lang.String getMethodDescriptor(ClassNode returnType,
                                       Parameter[] parameters)

#### getMethodDescriptor

    public static java.lang.String getMethodDescriptor(java.lang.Class returnType,
                                       java.lang.Class[] paramTypes)

Returns:
  the ASM method type descriptor

#### getTypeDescription

    public static java.lang.String getTypeDescription(java.lang.Class c)

#### getClassLoadingTypeDescription

    public static java.lang.String getClassLoadingTypeDescription(ClassNode c)

array types are special: eg.: String[]: classname: [Ljava.lang.String; Object: classname: java.lang.Object int[] : classname: [I unlike getTypeDescription '.' is not replaced by '/'. it seems that makes problems for the class loading if '.' is replaced by '/'

Returns:
  the ASM type description for class loading

#### getTypeDescription

    public static java.lang.String getTypeDescription(ClassNode c)

array types are special: eg.: String[]: classname: [Ljava/lang/String; int[]: [I

Returns:
  the ASM type description

#### getClassInternalNames

    public static java.lang.String[] getClassInternalNames(ClassNode[] names)

Returns:
  an array of ASM internal names of the type

#### pushConstant

    public static void pushConstant(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
                    int value)

#### negateBoolean

    public static void negateBoolean(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv)

negate a boolean on stack. true->false, false->true

#### formatNameForClassLoading

    public static java.lang.String formatNameForClassLoading(java.lang.String name)

returns a name that Class.forName() can take. Notably for arrays: [I, [Ljava.lang.String; etc Regular object type: java.lang.String

Parameters:
  `name` -

#### doReturn

    public static void doReturn(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
                ClassNode returnType)

#### getGenericsMethodSignature

    public static java.lang.String getGenericsMethodSignature(MethodNode node)

#### getGenericsSignature

    public static java.lang.String getGenericsSignature(ClassNode node)

#### getGenericsBounds

    public static java.lang.String getGenericsBounds(ClassNode type)

#### load

    public static void load(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
            ClassNode type,
            int idx)

#### doCast

    public static void doCast(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
              ClassNode type)

#### doCastToPrimitive

    public static void doCastToPrimitive(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
                         ClassNode sourceType,
                         ClassNode targetType)

Given a wrapped number type (Byte, Integer, Short, ...), generates bytecode to convert it to a primitive number (int, long, double) using calls to wrapped.[targetType]Value()

Parameters:
  `mv` - method visitor
  `sourceType` - the wrapped number type
  `targetType` - the primitive target type

#### doCastToWrappedType

    public static void doCastToWrappedType(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
                           ClassNode sourceType,
                           ClassNode targetType)

Given a primitive number type (byte, integer, short, ...), generates bytecode to convert it to a wrapped number (Integer, Long, Double) using calls to [WrappedType].valueOf

Parameters:
  `mv` - method visitor
  `sourceType` - the primitive number type
  `targetType` - the wrapped target type

#### doCast

    public static void doCast(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
              java.lang.Class type)

#### unbox

    public static void unbox(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
             java.lang.Class type)

Generates the bytecode to unbox the current value on the stack

#### unbox

    public static void unbox(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
             ClassNode type)

#### box

    public static boolean box(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
              ClassNode type)

box top level operand

#### box

    public static boolean box(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
              java.lang.Class type)

Generates the bytecode to autobox the current value on the stack

#### visitClassLiteral

    public static void visitClassLiteral(org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor mv,
                         ClassNode classNode)

Visits a class literal. If the type of the classnode is a primitive type, the generated bytecode will be a GETSTATIC Integer.TYPE. If the classnode is not a primitive type, we will generate a LDC instruction.

#### isClassLiteralPossible

    public static boolean isClassLiteralPossible(ClassNode classNode)

Tells if a class node is candidate for class literal bytecode optimization. If so, bytecode may use LDC instructions instead of static constant Class fields to retrieve class literals.

Parameters:
  `classNode` - the classnode for which we want to know if bytecode optimization is possible
Returns:
  true if the bytecode can be optimized

#### isSameCompilationUnit

    public static boolean isSameCompilationUnit(ClassNode a,
                                ClassNode b)

Returns true if the two classes share the same compilation unit.

Parameters:
  `a` - class a
  `b` - class b
Returns:
  true if both classes share the same compilation unit