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Provides an ASM visitor that constructs a tree representation of the | |
classes it visits. This class adapter can be useful to implement "complex" | |
class manipulation operations, i.e., operations that would be very hard to | |
implement without using a tree representation (such as optimizing the number | |
of local variables used by a method). | |
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However, this class adapter has a cost: it makes ASM bigger and slower. Indeed | |
it requires more than twenty new classes, and multiplies the time needed to | |
transform a class by almost two (it is almost two times faster to read, "modify" | |
and write a class with a ClassAdapter than with a ClassNode). This is why | |
this package is bundled in an optional <tt>asm-tree.jar</tt> library that | |
is separated from (but requires) the <tt>asm.jar</tt> library, which contains | |
the core ASM framework. This is also why <i><font color="red">it is recommended | |
not to use this class adapter when it is possible</font></i>. | |
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The root class is the ClassNode, that can be created from existing bytecode. For example: | |
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ClassReader cr = new ClassReader(source); | |
ClassNode cn = new ClassNode(); | |
cr.accept(cn, true); | |
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Now content of ClassNode can be modified and then | |
serialized back into bytecode: | |
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ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(true); | |
cn.accept(cw); | |
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Using simple ClassAdapter it is possible to create MethodNode instances per-method. | |
In this example MethodNode is acting as a buffer that is flushed out at visitEnd() call: | |
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ClassReader cr = new ClassReader(source); | |
ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(); | |
ClassAdapter ca = new ClassAdapter(cw) { | |
public MethodVisitor visitMethod(int access, String name, | |
String desc, String signature, String[] exceptions) { | |
final MethodVisitor mv = super.visitMethod(access, name, desc, signature, exceptions); | |
MethodNode mn = new MethodNode(access, name, desc, signature, exceptions) { | |
public void visitEnd() { | |
// transform or analyze method code using tree API | |
accept(mv); | |
} | |
}; | |
} | |
}; | |
cr.accept(ca, true); | |
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Several strategies can be used to construct method code from scratch. The first | |
option is to create a MethodNode, and then create XXXInsnNode instances and | |
add them to the instructions list: | |
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MethodNode m = new MethodNode(...); | |
m.instructions.add(new VarInsnNode(ALOAD, 0)); | |
... | |
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Alternatively, you can use the fact that MethodNode is a MethodVisitor, and use | |
that to create the XXXInsnNode and add them to the instructions list through | |
the standard MethodVisitor interface: | |
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MethodNode m = new MethodNode(...); | |
m.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 0); | |
... | |
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If you cannot generate all the instructions in sequential order, i.e. if you | |
need to save some pointer in the instruction list and then insert instructions | |
at that place after other instructions have been generated, you can use InsnList | |
methods insert() and insertBefore() to insert instructions at saved pointer. | |
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MethodNode m = new MethodNode(...); | |
m.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 0); | |
AbstractInsnNode ptr = m.instructions.getLast(); | |
m.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 1); | |
// inserts an instruction between ALOAD 0 and ALOAD 1 | |
m.instructions.insert(ptr, new VarInsnNode(ALOAD, 0)); | |
... | |
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If you need to insert instructions while iterating over an existing instruction | |
list, you can also use several strategies. The first one is to use a | |
ListIterator over the instruction list: | |
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ListIterator it = m.instructions.iterator(); | |
while (it.hasNext()) { | |
AbstractInsnNode n = (AbstractInsnNode) it.next(); | |
if (...) { | |
it.add(new VarInsnNode(ALOAD, 0)); | |
} | |
} | |
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It is also possible to convert instruction list into the array and iterate trough | |
array elements: | |
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AbstractInsnNode[] insns = m.instructions.toArray(); | |
for(int i = 0; i<insns.length; i++) { | |
AbstractInsnNode n = insns[i]; | |
if (...) { | |
m.instructions.insert(n, new VarInsnNode(ALOAD, 0)); | |
} | |
} | |
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If you want to insert these instructions through the MethodVisitor interface, | |
you can use another instance of MethodNode as a MethodVisitor and then | |
insert instructions collected by that instance into the instruction list. | |
For example: | |
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AbstractInsnNode[] insns = m.instructions.toArray(); | |
for(int i = 0; i<insns.length; i++) { | |
AbstractInsnNode n = insns[i]; | |
if (...) { | |
MethodNode mn = new MethodNode(); | |
mn.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 0); | |
mn.visitVarInsn(ALOAD, 1); | |
m.instructions.insert(n, mn.instructions); | |
} | |
} | |
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<p> | |
@since ASM 1.3.3 | |
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