/*
* This file is part of the X10 project (http://x10-lang.org).
*
* This file is licensed to You under the Eclipse Public License (EPL);
* You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php
*
* This file was originally derived from the Polyglot extensible compiler framework.
*
* (C) Copyright 2000-2007 Polyglot project group, Cornell University
* (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2007-2012.
*/
package polyglot.types.reflect;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
/**
* Attribute is an abstract class for an attribute defined for a method,
* field, or class. An attribute consists of its name (represented as an
* index into the constant pool) and its length. Attribute is extended
* to represent a constant value, code, exceptions, etc.
*
* @see polyglot.types.reflect ConstantValue
* @see polyglot.types.reflect Exceptions
*
* @author Nate Nystrom
* (<a href="mailto:nystrom@cs.purdue.edu">nystrom@cs.purdue.edu</a>)
*/
public abstract class Attribute {
protected int nameIndex;
protected int length;
/**
* Constructor.
*
* @param nameIndex
* The index into the constant pool of the name of the attribute.
* @param length
* The length of the attribute, excluding the header.
*/
public Attribute(int nameIndex, int length) {
this.nameIndex = nameIndex;
this.length = length;
}
public int getName() {
return nameIndex;
}
}