Method addConstantUtf8Reference

src/jvm/clojure/asm/SymbolTable.java:1011–1022

Adds a CONSTANT_Class_info, CONSTANT_String_info, CONSTANT_MethodType_info, CONSTANT_Module_info or CONSTANT_Package_info to the constant pool of this symbol table. Does nothing if the constant pool already contains a similar item. @param tag one of Symbol#CONSTANT_CLASS_TAG, {@link Symbol#

(final int tag, final String value)

   * @return a new or already existing Symbol with the given value.
   */
  private Symbol addConstantUtf8Reference(final int tag, final String value) {
    int hashCode = hash(tag, value);
    Entry entry = get(hashCode);
    while (entry != null) {
      if (entry.tag == tag && entry.hashCode == hashCode && entry.value.equals(value)) {
        return entry;
      }
      entry = entry.next;
    }
    constantPool.put12(tag, addConstantUtf8(value));
    return put(new Entry(constantPoolCount++, tag, value, hashCode));
  }

  /**
   * Adds a new CONSTANT_Class_info, CONSTANT_String_info, CONSTANT_MethodType_info,