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package com.sun.satsa.jcrmic.classfile.constants;

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 *  This class represents constant string value.
 */

public class JConstantUtf8 extends JConstant {

    /**
     * The value.
     */
    private String string;

    /**
     * Returns the value.
     * @return the value.
     */
    public String getString() {
        return string;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor.
     * @param cp constant pool reference
     */
    public JConstantUtf8(JConstantPool cp) {
        super(cp);
    }

    /**
     * Parses constant pool entry.
     * @param dis input stream
     * @throws IOException if I/O exception occurs
     */
    public void parse(DataInputStream dis) throws IOException {
        int length = dis.readUnsignedShort();
        byte[] contents = new byte[length];
        dis.readFully(contents);
        string = new String(contents);
    }
}