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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2010 Brian S O'Neill
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.cojen.classfile;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a descriptor. See section 4.3 of
+ * <i>The Java Virtual Machine Specification</i>.
+ *
+ * @author Brian S O'Neill
+ */
+public abstract class Descriptor {
+ /**
+ * Returns a descriptor string, excluding generics.
+ */
+ public abstract String getDescriptor();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a descriptor string, including any generics.
+ */
+ // TODO
+ //public abstract String getGenericDescriptor();
+
+ public static Descriptor parse(String desc)
+ throws IllegalArgumentException {
+
+ if (desc != null && desc.startsWith("(")) {
+ return MethodDesc.forDescriptor(desc);
+ } else {
+ return TypeDesc.forDescriptor(desc);
+ }
+ }
+}