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Might be that you have a class that's not java.lang.String but also has this simple name of String. Note that bere is not a technical support channel, and if you are reporting an issue, you should provide steps of reproduction or problem/code analysis.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mark Roberts <markro@cs.washington.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 10, 2025 7:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> classfile-api-dev@openjdk.org <classfile-api-dev@openjdk.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Brian Goetz <brian.goetz@oracle.com>; Chen Liang <chen.l.liang@oracle.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] : RE: adding an interface to a class</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I must be missing something. This works:</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"> ClassDesc cd = ClassDesc.of(name); // (name is string containing binary name)</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"> ClassEntry ce = poolBuilder.classEntry(cd);</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">But this gets a compile error:</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"> Utf8Entry ue = poolBuilder.uft8Entry(name); // (name is string containing internal form)</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">daikon/dcomp/ClassGen24.java:103: error: cannot find symbol</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"> Utf8Entry ue = poolBuilder.uft8Entry(name);</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"> ^</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"> symbol: method uft8Entry(String)</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"> location: variable poolBuilder of type ConstantPoolBuilder</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"> ClassEntry ce = poolBuilder.classEntry(ue);</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Thank you,</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Mark</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Brian Goetz <<a href="mailto:brian.goetz@oracle.com">brian.goetz@oracle.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 2, 2025 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Roberts <<a href="mailto:markro@cs.washington.edu">markro@cs.washington.edu</a>>; Chen Liang <<a href="mailto:chen.l.liang@oracle.com">chen.l.liang@oracle.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:classfile-api-dev@openjdk.org">classfile-api-dev@openjdk.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: adding an interface to a class</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Courier New"">Correct. (For bonus points, you should also check to make sure it is not already in the list of implemented interfaces.)</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On 4/2/2025 3:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I might be missing something, but I see only a method to set all the interfaces of a class. So to add an interface I have to get the current list of interfaces, add mine to it and then reset the entire list. Is that correct?</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Thank you,</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Mark</p>
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