Method getAbstractTypeFromDescriptor

src/jvm/clojure/asm/Frame.java:274–337

Returns the abstract type corresponding to the given type descriptor. @param symbolTable the type table to use to lookup and store type Symbol. @param buffer a string ending with a type descriptor. @param offset the start offset of the type descriptor in buffer. @return the abstract type co

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      final SymbolTable symbolTable, final String buffer, final int offset)

   * @return the abstract type corresponding to the given type descriptor.
   */
  private static int getAbstractTypeFromDescriptor(
      final SymbolTable symbolTable, final String buffer, final int offset) {
    String internalName;
    switch (buffer.charAt(offset)) {
      case 'V':
        return 0;
      case 'Z':
      case 'C':
      case 'B':
      case 'S':
      case 'I':
        return INTEGER;
      case 'F':
        return FLOAT;
      case 'J':
        return LONG;
      case 'D':
        return DOUBLE;
      case 'L':
        internalName = buffer.substring(offset + 1, buffer.length() - 1);
        return REFERENCE_KIND | symbolTable.addType(internalName);
      case '[':
        int elementDescriptorOffset = offset + 1;
        while (buffer.charAt(elementDescriptorOffset) == '[') {
          ++elementDescriptorOffset;
        }
        int typeValue;
        switch (buffer.charAt(elementDescriptorOffset)) {
          case 'Z':
            typeValue = BOOLEAN;
            break;
          case 'C':
            typeValue = CHAR;
            break;
          case 'B':
            typeValue = BYTE;
            break;
          case 'S':
            typeValue = SHORT;
            break;
          case 'I':
            typeValue = INTEGER;
            break;
          case 'F':
            typeValue = FLOAT;
            break;
          case 'J':
            typeValue = LONG;
            break;
          case 'D':
            typeValue = DOUBLE;
            break;
          case 'L':
            internalName = buffer.substring(elementDescriptorOffset + 1, buffer.length() - 1);
            typeValue = REFERENCE_KIND | symbolTable.addType(internalName);
            break;
          default:
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();