Attribute.java

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package org.jboss.classfilewriter.attributes;

import org.jboss.classfilewriter.WritableEntry;
import org.jboss.classfilewriter.constpool.ConstPool;
import org.jboss.classfilewriter.util.ByteArrayDataOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Represents an attribute in a class file
 *
 * @author Stuart Douglas
 *
 */
public abstract class Attribute implements WritableEntry {

    private final String name;
    private final int nameIndex;
    protected final ConstPool constPool;

    public Attribute(String name, final ConstPool constPool) {
        this.name = name;
        this.nameIndex = constPool.addUtf8Entry(name);
        this.constPool = constPool;
    }

    public void write(ByteArrayDataOutputStream stream) throws IOException {
        stream.writeShort(nameIndex);
        writeData(stream);
    }

    public abstract void writeData(ByteArrayDataOutputStream stream) throws IOException;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

}