B::JVM::Utils - Utility functions for B::JVM

  use B::JVM::Utils qw(method1 method2);

This package is a set of utilties that are useful when compiling Perl to the JVM architecture. They are a hodgepodge of utilties that don't really fit anywhere else.

Bradley M. Kuhn, bkuhn@ebb.org, http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn

Copyright (C) 1999, Bradley M. Kuhn, All Rights Reserved.

You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the LICENSE file that was shipped with this distribution.

perl(1), B::JVM::Jasmin(3), B::JVM::Emit(3).

$VERSION

Version number of B::JVM::Utils. For now, it should always match the version of B::JVM::Jasmin

@EXPORT_OK

All the methods that one can grab from B::JVM::Utils.

@EXPORT

We don't export anything by default.

Carp

Used for error reporting

B::JVM::ExtractMethodData

usage: B::JVM::ExtractMethodData(METHOD_STRING)

Takes a string that is believed to a valid method string for a JVM method, and if it is a valid method string, returns a hash reference that looks like: { methodName => NAME_OF_THE_METHOD, returnType => TYPE_ID_OF_RETURN_TYPE, argumentTypes => [ ARGUMENT_1_RETURN_TYPE_ID, ARGUMENT_1_RETURN_TYPE_ID, ... ] } An undefined value is returned if the method string is not valid.

B::JVM::Utils::IsValidMethodString

usage: B::JVM::Utils::IsValidMethodString(METHOD_STRING)

Takes a string that is believed to a valid method name for a JVM method, and returns a true iff. the METHOD_STRING is a valid JVM method name

B::JVM::Utils

usage: B::JVM::Utils:IsValidTypeIdentifier(TYPE_ID)

Takes a string that is believed to a valid type identifitier name on the JVM, and returns a true iff. the TYPE_ID is a valid JVM type identifier