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package com.sun.max.tele.object;

import com.sun.max.tele.*;
import com.sun.max.tele.reference.*;
import com.sun.max.vm.classfile.constant.*;

/**
 * Canonical surrogate for an object of type {@link StringConstant} in the VM.
 */
public final class TeleStringConstant extends TelePoolConstant {

    protected TeleStringConstant(TeleVM vm, RemoteReference stringConstantReference) {
        super(vm, stringConstantReference);
    }

    // The field is final; cache it.
    private String value;

    /**
     * @return a local copy of the string contained in this object in the VM
     */
    public String getString() {
        if (value == null) {
            final RemoteReference stringReference = fields().StringConstant_value.readRemoteReference(reference());
            final TeleString teleString = (TeleString) objects().makeTeleObject(stringReference);
            value = teleString.getString();
        }
        return value;
    }

    @Override
    public String maxineRole() {
        return "StringConstant";
    }

    @Override
    public String maxineTerseRole() {
        return "StringConst";
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasTextualVisualization() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public String textualVisualization() {
        final String stringValue = getString();
        return stringValue == null ? "<null>" : stringValue;
    }
}