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• The number of parameters to the method
• A symbolic reference to the type of each parameter
A reference to a method must also include either a symbolic reference to the eras-
ure of the return type of the denoted method or an indication that the denoted
method is declared
void
and does not return a value.
in a (possibly distinct) class or interface
D
, we define the qualifying type of the
constructor invocation as follows:
• If the expression is of the form
new
D
(...)
or
X
.new
D
(...)
, then the qualifying type
of the invocation is
D
.
• If the expression is of the form
new
D
(...){...}
or
X
.new
D
(...){...}
, then the qualify-
ing type of the expression is the compile-time type of the expression.
• If the expression is of the form
super(...)
or
Primary
.super(...)
then the qualifying
type of the expression is the direct superclass of
C
.
• If the expression is of the form
this(...)
, then the qualifying type of the expression
is
C
.
A reference to a constructor must be resolved at compile time to a symbolic refer-
ence to the erasure (§
4.6
) of the qualifying type of the invocation, plus the signa-
• The number of parameters of the constructor
• A symbolic reference to the type of each formal parameter
In addition, the constructor of a non-
private
inner member class must be compiled
such that it has as its first parameter, an additional implicit parameter representing
7.
Any constructs introduced by a Java compiler that do not have a corresponding
construct in the source code must be marked as synthetic, except for default con-
structors, the class initialization method, and the
values
and
valueOf
methods of the
Enum
class.
A binary representation for a class or interface must also contain all of the following:
of the direct superclass of this class.
2.
A symbolic reference to the erasure of each direct superinterface, if any.
