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12<h1>const-class</h1>
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14<h2>Purpose</h2>
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16<p>
17Move a reference to the class specified by the given index into the specified
18register. In the case where the indicated type is primitive, this will store a
19reference to the primitive type's degenerate class.
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22<h2>Details</h2>
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27 <th>Op &amp; Format</th>
28 <th>Mnemonic / Syntax</th>
29 <th>Arguments</th>
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34 <td>1c 21c</td>
35 <td>const-class vAA, type@BBBB</td>
36 <td><code>A:</code> destination register (8 bits)<br/>
37 <code>B:</code> type index</td>
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42<h2>Constraints</h2>
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46 A must be a valid register index in the current stack frame.
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49 B must be a valid index into the type constant pool.
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53<h2>Behavior</h2>
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57 An attempt is made to get a reference to the class C the name of which is
58 contained in type pool entry B.
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61 If B refers to a primitive type, the corresponding degenerate class is used
62 instead.
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65 If C has not been loaded and resolved before, it is being loaded and
66 resolved. All exceptions that are possible during class loading can occur at
67 this point.
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70 A reference to C is moved into register vA, that is, vA' = C.
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73 If v(A-1) is the lower half of a register pair, v(A-1)' becomes undefined.
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76 If v(A+1) is the upper half of a register pair, v(A+1)' becomes undefined.
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80<h2>Exceptions</h2>
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84 ClassNotFoundException is thrown if the class does not exist at all.
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87 VerifyError is thrown if the class does exist, but could not be verified.
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