01: /*
02: * Copyright 2004 Brian S O'Neill
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.cojen.classfile;
18:
19: /**
20: * This class represents a descriptor. See section 4.3 of
21: * <i>The Java Virtual Machine Specification</i>.
22: *
23: * @author Brian S O'Neill
24: */
25: public abstract class Descriptor {
26: /**
27: * Returns a descriptor string, excluding generics.
28: */
29: public abstract String getDescriptor();
30:
31: /**
32: * Returns a descriptor string, including any generics.
33: */
34: // TODO
35: //public abstract String getGenericDescriptor();
36: public static Descriptor parse(String desc)
37: throws IllegalArgumentException {
38:
39: if (desc != null && desc.startsWith("(")) {
40: return MethodDesc.forDescriptor(desc);
41: } else {
42: return TypeDesc.forDescriptor(desc);
43: }
44: }
45: }
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