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package org.apache.bcel.generic;
/**
* Denotes that an instruction may start the process of loading and resolving
* the referenced class in the Virtual Machine.
*
* @version $Id: LoadClass.java 947879 2010-05-25 00:48:30Z sebb $
* @author <A HREF="mailto:m.dahm@gmx.de">M. Dahm</A>
*/
public interface LoadClass {
/**
* Returns the ObjectType of the referenced class or interface
* that may be loaded and resolved.
* @return object type that may be loaded or null if a primitive is
* referenced
*/
public ObjectType getLoadClassType( ConstantPoolGen cpg );
/**
* Returns the type associated with this instruction.
* LoadClass instances are always typed, but this type
* does not always refer to the type of the class or interface
* that it possibly forces to load. For example, GETFIELD would
* return the type of the field and not the type of the class
* where the field is defined.
* If no class is forced to be loaded, <B>null</B> is returned.
* An example for this is an ANEWARRAY instruction that creates
* an int[][].
* @see #getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen)
*/
public Type getType( ConstantPoolGen cpg );
}